Wasted In Engineering:Story Of India’S Youth

<p>‘Engineering padicha nalla future – If you studyengineering you will have a good future.’ This is a claim often repeated tochildren and teenagers by parents and teachers in many parts of India. But onlythose who have gone through an engineering college life know that It's notcompletely true. </p><p>There is a difference between calling yourself as an engineeringgraduate and an engineer. India produces millions of engineering graduates likeyou and me but only very few of us are actual engineers. Many of us justgraduate with an engineering degree with an artistic dream in mind. </p><p>What do you think is the difference between engineers inmany countries around the world and engineers from India? In other countriesif David Pascal studied electrical engineering in college few years later youcan find him working as an electrical engineer. In India if Ram Krishnamurthystudied electrical engineering few years later you can find him working in acompletely irrelevant field like software coding banking photography and evenmovie directing. </p><p><br/>This book is not about the few engineering students in your class wholoveengineering. I don’t hate them. In fact I am very jealous that they study whattheylove This book is about the majority of engineering graduates whose livesare wasted in engineering and is intended to tell you why you should make anattempt in pursuing your real passion instead of being suffocated under theweight of an engineering degree. <br/><br/>This is a story of India’s Youth.<br/>Welcome to India theland of Wasted Engineers.</p>