‘Jobs will be modified as per industry requirements; learning new skills to become crucial’
Lot many jobs will be modified as per the requirement of the industry and developing new skill sets will be of utmost important in being ready for such jobs, remarked Pawan Kumar Bhageria, the President of the Education Business, Tata Technologies.
Bhageria said the broader aim is to prepare India for 2047 Viksit Bharat and make India the skill capital. Though India produces one of the highest number of engineers in the world but majority of them are not employable as per the industry requirements. If we do not act now there will be a lot of unemployment in the country in the future, he added.
Bhageria was speaking on the sidelines of of an event where an MoU between Tata Technologies and RV College of Engineering (RVCE), Bengaluru was signed to establish a Center for Invention, Innovation, Incubation and Training (CIIIT) on the RVCE campus.
This collaboration, the first of its kind in southern India, aims to foster industry-academia engagement by equipping students with skills aligned to smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 technologies. Tata Technologies has pledged Rs 50 crore, while the Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust (RSST), which governs RVCE, has committed around Rs 10 crore to develop the training center.
The centre is expected be ready by early 2026 and will have industrial infrastructure, including advanced hardware, smart manufacturing tools, and specialized laboratories. The center will also provide hands-on training. It will also provide experiential learning through integrated classroom teaching, e-learning platforms, industry-relevant lab training, and real-time assessments. It will also support micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) by preparing industry-ready professionals.
Bhageria pointed out that recently there have been a lot of disruptive technologies such as cyber security. For instance if an autonomous car is hacked then it can turn dangerous on the roads. Though AI is there, if used unethically it can lead to a lot of challenges, he claimed.
Bhageria said that though jobs will stay they will be modified. For instance, in a data analyst's job, earlier AI was not there but now AI has come in. “Today the way one looks at analytics is very different. So the person who does data analytics will need to learn the impact of AI so that it can be relevant for the future technology and use insights in a far more deeper manner,” remarked Bhageria.
He mentioned that though there are disruptions in technology many institutions have not kept pace with the curriculum required for the industry. As per Bhageria, the key vision for setting up centres such as CIIT at R.V. College is to train manpower which is relevant for the industry and with the current time when a lot of disruptive technologies are coming. “The vision is to ensure that they become the integral part of the new technologies that are coming. For instance India is investing in semi conductors, defence and aerospace and until newer people are trained in such technologies we would find ourselves weak,” said Bhageria.
Tata Technologies has taken up a skill journey and is working with ITIs and poly techniques in nine states as their curriculum was 30-35 years old. All this is going to impact more than 100,000 students every year. Bhageria said that besides technical skills it is equally important to develop soft skills for engineering and technical students such as the ability to adopt to changes, problem solving skills and their ability to be resilient.
“The collaboration with Tata Technologies promises hands-on training, mentorship, and exposure to Industry 4.0 technologies, helping students to address complex challenges,” said M. P. Shyam, President, RSST.
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