Scalerz 2.0 At Bhubaneswar’s SOA: ‘Technology Poised To Change Every 3 Weeks’

Bhubaneswar: In a rapidly changing world, technology is becoming obsolete every three months and engineering students should keep themselves updated all the time, an expert advised at the SOA Scalerz 2.0 event at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan.

“With rapid developments, technology will soon change every three weeks. Hence students need to keep pace with the changes,” SJ Naganagouda, Chief People Officer at Tally Solutions Private Ltd, said at the inaugural session on Saturday.

Pointing out that Chat GPT had brought a revolutionary shift in the field of technology, Naganagouda said it was time for youth to move away from Instagram and YouTube, and concentrate on serious technological developments by embracing the constant evolutions.

Highlighting the post-COVID scenario in India, Naganagouda said the industry was facing a lot of hurdles.

He said there is the need for educational institutions and industry to work together as more than 4.5 crore students are passing out from around 1000 universities every year, including 14 lakh engineers and 50,000 doctors.

Explaining the difference between job and career, he said job was temporary while career had the stamp of permanency. He urged students to focus on their vocation.

Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, SOA Vice-Chancellor, said the Deemed to be University was focusing on research with the National Education Policy laying a lot of stress on relationship between educational institutions and industry.

Prof. Jyoti Ranjan Das, SOA’s Dean (Students’ Welfare) and Ripti Ranjan Dash, Head (Corporate Relations and Industry Engagement) also addressed the gathering.

The event featured a range of activities including presentations on industry engagements and academic programmes, along with networking sessions.

There were two panel discussions on ‘Future of Hiring Trend’ and ‘Impact of AI on the Future Workforce’.

The panelists included EG Akhil, India Talent Acquisition Leader, Tekion Corp; Tanvi Chaturvedi, University Recruitment and Relations, Kantar; Prakash Gupta, Manager, University Relations and Branding, Quantiphi; K Sashi Kumar, Early Careers India Lead, Publicis Sapient; P Vamsidhar Reddy, Senior Manager, Leadership Hiring and University Relations Lead, Wabtec Corporation; Prafulla Deori, Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, Cradlepoint; Nitin Kumar Tiwary, Senior Manager, People Relations Operations and University Relations, Quantiphi; Ritu Sharma, Leader, Campus Hiring and Early Careers, Brillio; and Neha Singh, Senior Talent Acquisition, McDermott International Ltd.

The panel discussions were moderated by Jashobant Narayan Singhlal, Founder & Managing Director, Identity Group.