Soft skills are the Hardest Skills: Need to incorporate Humanities in Mainstream Engineering Syllabus
Author(s): Dr. Vrushali Deole
Publication #: 2605039
Date of Publication: 13.12.2019
Country: India
Pages: 1-4
Published In: Volume 5 Issue 6 December-2019
Abstract
While the fresh dawn of this millennium has witnessed a path-breaking technological progress, the engineering students are at the crossroads of existential angst — resulting out of non-sustainability in the employment market.
Today the several challenging demands of the upwardly mobile industry have resulted into many complicated working situations. Petty power battles, the desire to constantly reinvent oneself, manic depression, and stress at work are only a few of the signs of the extraordinarily high "exit ratio" at work. Academicians and researchers have opined that the present techno-savvy generation of engineering students does not possess the necessary education in order to survive in the corporate working culture. They acutely lack not only in coming up with creative engineering solutions but also fail to demonstrate awareness of contemporary issues articulately.
This paper attempts to address and debate some of the current issues surrounding the inept Indian educational sector in the context of employability scenario. It aims for the onset of a dialogue across various government bodies and educational institutions for providing multidisciplinary approach to engineering graduates that meets the global industrial and corporate requirements.
Keywords: Educational curriculum, engineering graduates, soft-skills, humanities etc.
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