The Hindu Business Line : Job training

The article “India Inc Offers Job Training, Stipend” (Business Line, July 15) was interesting. Two significant facts stood out, though. One, the minuscule number of students who will be eligible for this offer and, two, the absence of scholarships for the sciences and accounting faculties. The total population that will be eligible for this offer is likely to be more than three crores, and to see that only 5,000 will become eligible, even though it is a starter, is somewhat of a dampener.

One would have expected India Inc’s CEOs to have exhibited greater sensitivity to the numbers involved and scale up the offers to make a significant and quick impact. Finding and nurturing innovative talent in the sciences and humanities faculties is essential. India Inc must wake up to the fact that with the increased level of automation being achieved through information technology, well-trained science and humanities graduates will significantly supplement its efforts.

After all, it is the current scenario, when we are experiencing severe shortages of trained manpower and the likelihood of this not improving in the near future, that drive India Inc for this effort. It must be wholesome and complete effort to make this programme really successful. One hopes the programme will be revisited and improved in the near future.

V. Balakrishnan e-mail

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