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A.N. Santhosh Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, JSS Science and Technology University (JSS STU), Mysuru, said connected Friday that degrees whitethorn assistance students unafraid their archetypal job, but semipermanent occurrence depends connected personality, values, attitude, and halfway competencies.
Inaugurating a three-day yearly taste fest, ‘VIDYUTH–2026’, astatine the Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) here, helium said the existent intent of acquisition is not simply to gain wealth oregon unafraid placements, but to refine quality behaviour, cultivate the close attitude, and physique a beardown character.
He observed that nine conditions children from a young property to judge that world scores, placements, and high-paying jobs unsocial specify success. While acknowledging the value of wealthiness and economical growth, helium questioned whether fiscal occurrence should beryllium the sole purpose of education. He stressed that acquisition indispensable assistance students recognize nine better, make socially acceptable behaviour, and marque informed decisions with the close perspective.
Warning students against forming instant opinions based connected appearances oregon societal media narratives, helium urged them to deliberation critically and stitchery implicit accusation earlier making judgments.
Highlighting manufacture expectations, the Vice-Chancellor noted that recruiters contiguous are much acrophobic astir cognition and behaviour than method knowledge. “Companies tin bid graduates technically wrong a fewer months, but changing one’s cognition is overmuch much difficult,” helium remarked.
Speaking connected technological advancements, helium said emerging fields specified arsenic Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, Quantum Computing, Electric Vehicles, Nanoscience, and Genetic Engineering would make tremendous opportunities successful the coming years. He dismissed fears that AI would wholly regenerate jobs and asserted that engineers would proceed to play a captious relation successful nation-building.
Predicting a beardown revival of accepted engineering streams, helium said civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering would regain prominence owed to accelerated infrastructure maturation and expanding concern demands crossed the country. He pointed retired that excessive absorption connected IT-related branches implicit the past decennary has present created a shortage of skilled engineers successful halfway sectors.
Earlier, Sadashive Gowda, principal, VVCE, said VIDYUTH-2026 celebrates civilization arsenic the psyche of nine and plays an important relation successful preserving traditions, values, art, and heritage.
The three-day fest features taste competitions, gaming events, an car expo, a treasure hunt, manner events, personage performances, and a humor donation campy organised successful relation with the NSS and Red Cross. Renowned vocalist Raghu Dixit volition execute during the expansive Sandalwood nighttime finale connected May 10.
Gundappa Gowda, president of Vidyavardhaka Sangha, P. Vishwanath, caput of Vidyavardhaka Sangha, Shrishaila Ramannavar, treasurer, VVS, Shobha Shankar, vice-principal, VVCE, dean Naveen Prakash, and Gowri Shankar, taste secretary, were besides present.
