Educational institutions should develop entrepreneurial skills among students by starting incubation centres alongside encouraging innovations in the current competitive scenario, the Regional Director, Tamil Nadu & Kerala, NASSCOM, Chennai K. Purushothaman said on Wednesday.
The need of the hour is to bridge the huge gulf between the industry and academia, and promote entrepreneurship, Mr. Purushothaman said while speaking at the two-day national conference on “Emerging Trends in Communication and Information Technology” organised by the Department of Computer Science, Holy Cross College here.
Exhorting students to think big, he said it was imperative on the part of today’s students to broaden their knowledge alongside academics and improve their soft skills to match industry requirements and enhance their employability.
Though Information Technology - Business Process Outsourcing sector continues to grow rapidly, much of their growth was concentrated in seven leading locations across the country. These locations including Chennai and Bangalore account for over 85 per cent of Information Technology sector employment. However, the shift was now oriented towards the Tier-II cities in Tamil Nadu and other places across the country, Mr. Purushothaman said.
The present requirements were focussed marketing; bridging the industry-academia gap and planning for inclusive growth, he pointed out.
The College secretary Sr. Maria Kamalam released a souvenir on the occasion. Sr. Sarguna, College Principal; Naveen Joe Franklin, Project Manager, WIPRO, Bangalore, and K. Chitra, Head, Department of Computer Science, took part.
