Today’s
India represents a digital economy, which has biggest market potential for global
players. “But are we truly ready for it?,” asked Dr. Milind Pande, Director,
MITSOT, at Kaveri College. He was speaking as the Chief Guest at the
inauguration of the regular activities conducted under Science Association of
Kaveri College for the academic year 2017-18.
Dr.
Pande said Digitization has practically impacted every sector including
Education, Telecom, Banking, agriculture and Healthcare etc. has made careers
in digital marketing as one of the best options for students and professionals.
He made them aware about the growing
cyber-security market and huge demand for cyber-security professionals. He
said, “the future belongs to cyber-security engineers as clients, big and small
companies, even start-ups are recruiting cyber security professionals.” He urged students to avail government’s
E-Education programs where they can use various websites such as EDX.org,
MOOCs, SMAC, bigthink.com, etc. These websites are laced with podcasts, videos,
notes and also a facility to assess their tests. He also made students aware
about the strength, misuse, addiction of social media and growing threat of
cyber crime.He encouraged students to become the leader of digital India.
Earlier, Dr.
S.B.Kharosekar, Principal, Kaveri College welcomed Dr, Milind Pande and
introduced his relentless works towards the Digitization of India. He urged
students to read the autobiographies of scientists and emulate their acumen,
discipline, dedication and focus in their own lives.
On this occasion, Mrs. Suchismita Mohanty, Vice
Principal, DR. Jayashree Bangali, Coordinator, Computer Science, Mr. Anand
Buddhikot, Head, Science Association were also present.
Mrs. Vandana Upadhyay compered the program and Ms.
Geetanjali More proposed vote of thanks.
No comments:
Post a Comment