Lok Sabha Question No. 797 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-12
Subject: Changes in Scientific and Technological Fields
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.797 ANSWERED ON- 12/12/2022

## CHANGES IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL FIELDS

## 797.  SHRI K. NAVASKANI

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  agrees  with  the  view  that  massive  changes  in  the  scientific  and technological fields such as artificial intelligence, data analytics and learning by machine, robotics etc. will not only wipe out unskilled jobs but also lead to increasing demand for skilled manpower involving mathematics, computer science and data science coupled with multidisciplinary abilities across physical science, social science and humanities;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government to create an environment conducive to overall growth and also prepare the people for a gainful employment?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a)  to  (c):  Yes  Sir.  The  massive  developments  in  the  fields  of  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI),  Data analytics, Machine learning and robotics will cause the increase in demands of skilled manpower in the allied sectors of mathematics, computer science and data science coupled with multidisciplinary abilities  across  physical  science,  social  science  and  humanities.  For  instance,  the  developments  in robotics do require knowledge  from the Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics and  Computer Engineering in consonance with the good background of Mathematical and Physical Science.

In  order  to  tap  the  potential  of  new  age  technologies  and  upskill  the  students  to  earn  gainful employment,    the  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education  (AICTE)  has  revamped  the  existing curriculum  and  launched  outcome  based  Model  curriculum  for  Diploma,  Undergraduate  and  Post Graduate courses in Engineering and PGDM/MBA. AICTE has also prepared Model curriculum for courses  in  Emerging  Areas  like  (i)  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI),  (ii)  Internet  of  Things  (IoT),  (iii) Block Chain, (iv) Robotics, (v) Quantum Computing (vi) Data Science (vii) Cyber Security (viii) 3D Printing  and  Design  and  (ix)  Augmented  Reality  (AR)/Virtual  Reality  (VR) etc.,  and  permitted  in engineering institutes from academic year 2020-21.

The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) in collaboration with NASSCOM has initiated a programme titled FutureSkills PRIME (Programme for Re-skilling/Up-skilling of IT Manpower for Employability) aimed at re-skilling/ up-skilling of IT professionals in 10

new/emerging  technologies  which  include  Artificial  Intelligence,  Robotic  Process  Automation, Augmented/Virtual  Reality,  Internet  of  Things,  Big  Data  Analytics,  Additive  Manufacturing/  3D Printing,  Cloud  Computing,  Social  &  Mobile,  Cyber  Security  and  Blockchain.  Towards  this,  the programme  takes  into  account  employment  linkages  such  as  a  'Career  Prime'  web-page  on  the platform and an integrated ' Career Portal' , which provides information on IT-ITes jobs, internships, apprenticeships,  hackathons  etc.  The  FutureSkills  PRIME  programme  aims  to  up-skill/  re-skill  of 4.12 lakh beneficiaries.

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