Corrective steps needed

Sir, - The analysis of Ammu Joseph (TheHindu, August 13) is an eye-opener to the present developments in many industrial cities, and in particular of the IT industrial belts.

In view of the exodus of IT specialists to foreign countries, extremely competitive core industrial sector of communication technology has been attracting employees paying fabulous salaries and benefits. This has brought in frustration and resentment among the highly qualified and experienced professionals in other fields of management as they receive comparatively a low package. The different levels of affluence have started showing cracks in the industrial sector.

There is currently a trend among the youth to flock to IT subjects which may ultimately bring a vacuum in other fields in the future. Lured by the promises of attractive job opportunities in IT sector, many unrecognised training institutions have mushroomed all over the country, collecting huge fee and the students find a dismal future in not being able to get absorbed in the field of expertise, look for an occasion to agitate along with the already frustrated unemployed and the poorer sections. They take advantage of every available political issue to vent their grievance.

It is time some corrective steps were initiated by the CII to ensure continued availability of trained personnel in all fields for the healthy industrial growth in the country.

T. Sampath Kumaran,

Newton (U.S.)

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