Freshers’ Programme At SOA In Bhubaneswar: Students Told To Be Ready For 4th Industrial Revolution

Bhubaneswar: With the world sitting on the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution, students should prepare themselves to seize the opportunities ahead, said Tapan Kumar Chand, president of Vedanta Limited.

“Studies have shown that management education has become popular globally and received a big boost in India as well. Students passing out in two years will get huge job opportunities,” he said while addressing the Freshers’ Induction Programme at the Institute of Business and Computer Studies (IBCS), SOA’s faculty of management studies in Bhubaneswar on Monday.

Chand said many jobs would disappear even as many would get created with openings for management graduates expected to expand over next few years.

SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof Ashok Kumar Mahapatra said the most important aspects of management were time and life management. “We are suffering today because we are not able to manage ourselves,” he added.

Prof Anup Kumar Samantaray, Dean, IBCS, said the focus of the institute was to improve the skill-set of students so that they could get good job opportunities or operate independently.

Shashibhushan Upadhyay, Resident Director, Jindal Stainless Ltd, stressed on continuous upgradation of skill which was the need of the hour as the world was passing through an uncertain phase.

Bijay Kumar Mohanty, Assistant General Manager (Small and Medium Enterprises), State Bank of India said though all major economies were slowing down due to the global situation, the Indian economy was unlikely to face its adverse impact. “Once the present turmoil subsides, the Indian economy could grow at 8 to 10 per cent offering big opportunities to management students,” he added.

Prasanna Pradhan, Director of the Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar and Prof Jyoti Ranjan Das, Dean (Students’ Welfare) and Prof Duryodhan Jena, Academic Coordinator, MBA programme, also spoke.