Too many people studying engineering and other such ‘professional’ specializations may actually be doing more harm. Speaking from experience around the world in both the professional and academic worlds, it is probably most critical that current and future generations are developed as well balanced individuals, with lifelong curiosity, empathy and most importantly consideration of one’s fellow human being and creation in general. Sadly the engineer personas have failed many a nation on these aspects.
There have been many great women in engineering whose roles are not recognized – Hollywood glamor girl Hedy Lamarr (real name Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler) was an engineer whose inventions spanned guidance systems for torpedoes and eventually led to WiFi, Bluetooth etc. In the US today, there are women engineers of Indian origin doing cutting edge work including Akhila Tadinada in IoT and Digital Twin technology, Sumita Basu at Intel and several more. All of them were educated in India before they achieved success here. I wonder if any Indian media organization has interviewed any of them yet? Also, as far as I am aware, the Periyar Maniyammai College of Engineering for Women at Vallam in Thanjavur was the world’s first engineering college exclusively for women when it was founded. As far as I am aware, the first Polytechnic exclusively for women was also founded in Tamil Nadu. There have been pioneering initial steps that have been taken in India. Time now, to build upon them. There’s no shortage of talent in the country among men and women alike.
Too many people studying engineering and other such ‘professional’ specializations may actually be doing more harm. Speaking from experience around the world in both the professional and academic worlds, it is probably most critical that current and future generations are developed as well balanced individuals, with lifelong curiosity, empathy and most importantly consideration of one’s fellow human being and creation in general. Sadly the engineer personas have failed many a nation on these aspects.
There have been many great women in engineering whose roles are not recognized – Hollywood glamor girl Hedy Lamarr (real name Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler) was an engineer whose inventions spanned guidance systems for torpedoes and eventually led to WiFi, Bluetooth etc. In the US today, there are women engineers of Indian origin doing cutting edge work including Akhila Tadinada in IoT and Digital Twin technology, Sumita Basu at Intel and several more. All of them were educated in India before they achieved success here. I wonder if any Indian media organization has interviewed any of them yet? Also, as far as I am aware, the Periyar Maniyammai College of Engineering for Women at Vallam in Thanjavur was the world’s first engineering college exclusively for women when it was founded. As far as I am aware, the first Polytechnic exclusively for women was also founded in Tamil Nadu. There have been pioneering initial steps that have been taken in India. Time now, to build upon them. There’s no shortage of talent in the country among men and women alike.