Kalam for creation of global HR cadre

President A P J Abdul Kalam has suggested the creation of Global Human Resource Cadre (GHRC) to meet the global requirement for skilled personnel.

The President was speaking after inaugurating the Centre for Advanced Research in Discrete Mathematics (n-CARDMATH) and launching the nation's first-ever integrated BTech course for hearing-impaired students at the Kalasingam Univerity at Krishnankoil, 70 km from here yesterday.

"GHRC should help the agricultural,industrial and service sector growth in the country," he said.

There was immense potential in IT, bio and nano technology fields around the world, he said quoting a Nasscom-McKinsey report. According to the report, there will be 90 lakh job openings in IT, ITeS and BPO sectors by 2010. Another 60 lakh jobs would be created in infrastructure, transportation and retail sectors.

He stressed the need for producing quality students who could meet global standards. "Now, 30 lakh graduates and postgraduates are churned out by the universities. The output from the institutions of higher learning would rise from 11 to 30% (2007-15). It should again rise from 30 to 40% in 2020 and 60% in 2050."

He also stressed the need for entrepreneurship courses to motivate students to take up self-employment programmes. "The banks also should give loan to those coming up with innovative schemes."