| | APRIL 20218A ncient inventions of basic tools, objects and machines like wheels and pulleys laid the foundations of the word `Engineering' as we know it today. Deploying mechanical principles of engineering, our ancestors gave birth to these creations and later, over the centuries, various other disciplines of engineering such as civil, businesses.Today, stemming from IT and allied industries, more so-phisticated fields such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are redefining future electrical, electronic, chem-ical and aeronautical engineering followed suit. Finally, be-tween the `50s and `70s, came a paradigm shift brought in by the Digital Revolution, which saw the proliferation of Infor-mation Technology and revolutionary digitization in mod-ern times. The ever-growing dependence of almost all types of enterprises on computer application and telecommunica-tion technology gave way to the emergence of IT consulting firms who facilitate optimum use of Information Technolo-gy to boost industry dynamics, thereby churning more en-gineers and job opportunities for these fields. On the oth-er hand, with advancements in technology, other popular streams such as Electronics and Communication, Automo-bile, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical engineering too, have emerged to cater to the needs of the present-day industry. Having said that, we must not forget that despite newer and more specialized engineering streams gaining popularity, they are originally the ramifications of the core streams and even today, any kind of industry is still standing on the pil-lars of core engineering sciences and its application. For a country like India, that is looking to build its eco-nomic strength, the ability to produce and manufacture its own products is vital for industries to prosper, minimize ex-penditure and make headways in terms of opportunities for export and foreign investment. In 2014, Prime Minister Na-rendra Modi launched the `Make in India' initiative with the vision of expanding India's capability of manufacturing its own products and goods. To support this kind of manufac-turing capacity in the country, competence in core engineer-ing is the key. This is because engineers who have studied core subjects bring to the table much broader and advanced CORE ENGINEERING: THE NEED OF THE HOUR FOR A SELF-RELIANT INDIABy Chandra Reddy, CEO, Altran IndiaVANTAGE POINTChandra Reddy,Chief Executive Officer
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