Paucity of required skill in development of technology was putting India back by several years in terms of technological advancement, noted technocrat V K Aatre said on Dec 16, 2008.
Speaking at the EMIT-08, an annual conference, organised by International Microelectronics and Packaging Society's India Chapter in Bangalore, he said science and technology institutions suffered prolonged paucity of youth with high degree of skill sets as they were attracted elsewhere.
''Technological advancement of a country depended on young people. It all depends on how we harness them. We need to tell them that there is technology beyond IT,'' he said.
Dr Aatre said in the whole country there were hardly 30 faulty members and 50 students in microelectronic research while the country's aerospace depended on 40 top scientists.
''How can we progress with such shortage. Scale difference is putting back India. We need 100 times more technocrats than what we have in these two areas,'' he said.
The Former Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister said it was important to hear what youth wanted to say about technological development as they would be responsible in taking the country to the path of development. He said India will have to be cautious about the downsides of the technological evolution as technology had dual edge.
''We have to be very cautious about the impact of technology we create as it can be used as well as abused,'' he added.
Noted Academician and Distinguished Chair Professor of Georgian University Rao Thummala, in his address, said India should do more than merely be satisfied with software and services.
Its share in the world IT business was just a speck at 80 billion US Dollar compared to global figures of 1.4 trillion USD. When software services was added, it was at 6.4 trillion USD.
India needs to go for applications and manufacturing than merely be satisfied with IT services.
The country required more higher learning centres like IITs and IIScs.
''What we need is 300 more such institutions to achieve the technological development to be on par with the advanced world,'' Prof Tummala added.
UNI
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