Chandigarh Management Association (CMA) today organized an interactive talk on “Emerging Trends in Skills Development, Focus: Foreign Students in Australia". The talk was delivered by Dr. Robert Ibakaran, renowned Academician from the Canberra University, AustraliaSpeaking on the occasion, Dr. Robert said that it is unfortunate that students from India come to Australia more for settling or doing business there rather than acquiring skills. Ibakaran said that there is nothing wrong with the youth of India except for the mindset that they can get better lifestyle abroad. He said in India engineers and doctors are now getting better salaries and perks.
What is lacking in the Indian educational systems is that Indian institutions have not grown to imbibe the emerging global environment to make then employable. The need is to change the curriculum and the methodology to impart education. He said, the elders of the country at the helm of making educational policies are unable to understand the aspirations of the modern day youth. Talking about the racialism in Australia, Ibakarn said even though some violence has occurred in the past but affected persons still want to live in Australia because of better life and amenities available there. He said many aspirants opting for studies in Australia have dropped down compared to previous years as per latest statistics, but for the reasons other than violence.
Dr. P.K.Vasudeva, past president while concluding the session said that the emerging trends are for imparting non-traditional avenues of skills development, such as skills for project management, entrepreneurship, and facilities management, besides social and organizational skills. Brig. Benerjee proposed vote of thanks
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