‘Acquire knowledge through interdisciplinary approach to win better jobs’
B. Madhusoodhana Kurup, former VC of KUFOS, urged students to adopt an interdisciplinary approach to navigate an uncertain job market. He emphasized the importance of emerging technologies and lifelong learning to solve real-world problems.
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The address highlights the shifting demands of the modern workforce and the need for universities to evolve into hubs of innovation.
Students should treat today’s highly uncertain job market as an unprecedented opportunity by acquiring knowledge in emerging technologies through an interdisciplinary approach, B. Madhusoodhana Kurup, Founding Vice-Chancellor of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, said at the 33 rd convocation of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University on Tuesday.
Delivering the convocation address, Mr. Madhusoodhana Kurup said emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, rapid technological shifts, global interconnectedness and profound environmental challenges had made future unpredictable. While the jobs of yesterday were disappearing, jobs of tomorrow had not yet been invented.
Traditional boundaries of knowledge were dissolving rapidly, and new frontiers were emerging at a fast pace, he said. Universities should therefore evolve from repositories of information into dynamic ecosystems of discovery, innovation and societal transformation.
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