26-04-2025
‘Manufacturing sector to be the mainstay in India's transition to $ 10 trillion economy'
With India poised to spend substantially on infrastructure in its pursuit to become a $ 10 trillion economy, manufacturing sector would open up huge career opportunities, Jose Falgar, President of Ziplock Electronics, told graduands of Kumaraguru College of Technology in Coimbatore on Saturday.
India will strengthen rail, road, airport and port infrastructure for the transformation to happen, as in China, Mr. Falgar said, addressing the 37th Graduation Day ceremony and conferring degrees on graduands of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Instrumentation, Information Science, and Information Technology programmes.
The outcome of 'Make in India' initiative in the last decade was remarkable, and industrial growth was happening in Tamil Nadu with incredible resilience. Global Capability Centres were enabling the growth of the engineering sector, Mr. Falgar said.
Referring to the all-pervasive AI (Artificial Intelligence) applications, he urged graduands to keep abreast of the developments.
Mr. Falgar joined KK Anil Kumar, Principal in-charge, KCT; President of Kumaraguru Institutions Shankar Vanavarayar, and Correspondent M. Balasubramaniam in conferring degrees on the graduands.
Presiding over, Mr. Shankar Vanavarayar underscored the imperative need for the graduands to keep up-skilling and re-skilling with a sense of responsibility in the coming decades in the trajectory of India's growth path.
In the second session, degrees were conferred on graduands of Automobile, Biotechnology, Civil, Fashion Technology, Mechanical, Mechatronics and Textile Technology programmes, by Narayan Sethuramon, Managing Director of Sanmar Engineering Technologies Pvt. Ltd., and Sanmar Matrix Metals Ltd.
'Career paths may often diverge from original plans. Be open to international experiences, cross-sector opportunities, and constant reinvention,' Mr. Sethuramon advised the graduands.
He emphasised on embracing new technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, as collaborators. The measure of true success was impacting society with integrity, not wealth generation alone, he added.
A total 1,361 students received their degrees in the two sessions.
