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For a bright future: V. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, Tiruchi, lighting the traditional lamp to mark the inauguration of the State-level technical symposium at Arunai Engineering College in Tiruvannamalai on Friday. — TIRUVANNAMALAI: The students of Information Technology (IT) and Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) should learn the fundamental concepts thoroughly so that they can catch up with the fast developments in the field, which render the syllabus outdated soon, V. Ramachandran, Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Tiruchi, said here on Friday. Inaugurating INNOVISTA 08, the State-level technical symposium organised by the Department of Information Technology at Arunai Engineering College (AEC), Dr. Ramachandran said that IT and CSE were not standardised engineering subjects such as mechanical, civil and electrical and electronics engineering. IT was only a tool. Though the fast developments in the field rendered the curriculum obsolete soon, it was not possible to change the syllabus every year. Even the curricula for IT and CSE were only tools. It was the responsibility of the technical institutions to teach the fundamental concepts in such a way that the students were able to use the fundamentals in various applications. Even if the syllabi were updated, it would not be possible to keep pace with the fast developments. In this context, proper understanding of the fundamentals assumes great importance, he said. With nearly one lakh students studying in the IT and CSE branches in nearly 300 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu, the quality of teaching is very important. More than the qualifications of the teachers, it is the quality of teaching, especially the efficiency in communicating the fundamental concepts effectively to the students, which is of paramount importance, he said. Subramanyan Ananthanarayanan, General Manager, Wipro Technologies Ltd., Chennai, said that learning of foreign languages and equipping oneself with good communication skills in those languages was very essential for the IT students in the context of the paradigm shift that is witnessed in the new era of information technology, when the IT companies were serving more foreign clients. S. Srinivasan, Project Scientist, AU-KBC [Anna University-K.B. Chandrasekhar] Research Centre, MIT Campus, Chennai, called upon the students to understand the concepts well and use the computer, and do innovative projects by applying the knowledge they have gained. V.J. Chandrasekaran, Principal, AEC, said that what was taking place in the field of IT was not development but explosion. The developments were so fast that it was not possible for one to keep abreast of the latest technology. Besides, it was also impossible for the universities to keep changing the syllabi every year, to incorporate the changes, he said.
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