VIRUDHUNAGAR
‘Shape It’, a book for budding engineers on skill enhancement, was launched at Kalasalingam University at Krishnankoil in the district on Saturday. The book, written by Prof. Subramani Ramakrishnan and Vaijayanthi Srinivasaraghavan, is a compendium of stories of engineers and aspiring engineers.
Dr. S. Shasi Anand, Vice-President (Academic), released the book and Vice-Chancellor S. Saravana Sankar received the first copy. Registrar V. Vasudevan welcomed the gathering.
Speaking to The Hindu , Prof. Subramani Ramakrishnan, Associate Partner, IBM, said with the constant growth in technology, one had to adapt to the changes. Engineers should be job-creators rather than job-seekers. It was important to brand oneself in the industry, he added.
Ms. Vaijayanthi Srinivasaraghavan, who leads Campus Program at IBM, said the book focused on encouraging students to take up engineering not to become mere engineering graduates, but to become engineers in the true sense of the word.
Successful engineers and students were picked up and their stories were compiled in the book. These people acted as mentors and could be approached with queries. Video clips of the mentors could be viewed on www.shapeitforum.com . Aspiring students and engineers could write to the authors on related queries to shapeitforum@gmail.com.
