Profession in India: A chance or Choice?
My take is:
- In India Education is considered as a means for earning more..
- Though, social or national development all faculties play an important role equally, we rate them differently like medical, engineering, IT, Commerce, Science, humanities, etc.
- We do not have national wage policy nor robust education policy.
- We do not maintain student's data regarding hie/her aptitude/attitude.
- We have the weakest forecasting for manpower needs in various sectors,
- In India, getting to the education and then to profession is by by chance mainly based on money and status
- One can get many role models in a particular profession but hardly affects Indian environment as we hardly serious about developing professional competency in a true sense.
- .Obviously, teaching profession is by chance and not by choice.
- I came to teaching in 1968 by chance but I believe in "work is worship". that made me duty bound, and I am proud to state that I have developed proficiency in the teaching profession and still fully active at the age of 74 years.
- Unless Indian Political leaders have will and determination to set the hings on track scientifically and methodologically in the ultimate national/public interests, history is bound to repeat, no wonder!
Regards,
Dr. P H Waghodekar, PhD (Egg), IIT,KGP, IE&M, 1985,
Advisor (HR), IBS & PME (PG)
Marathwada Institute of Technology,
NH 211, Beed by pass road,
Aurangabad: 431010 (Maharashtra) INDIA.
(O) 02402375113 (M) 7276661925
E-Mail: waghodekar@rediffmail.com
Website: www.mit.asia
and
Chairman, Advisory Board, MTC Global, Bangalore.
Engineering & Management Education: An Engine of Prosperity.
Classroom teaching must match with Boardroom needs!
From: "kiran paranjpe" <kdparanjpe@rediffmail.com>
Sent: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:27:09
To:
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Teaching profession should be a choice or chance?
Dear Sir, I believe that a person can pursue a profession of choice, given the
determination and the patience to wait and prepare for the opportunity. However, not many
people are blessed to wait and prepare, but have to accept some occupation due to
personal compulsions.
The great Abraham Lincoln began life as a farm hand to earn his living, later studied law
and finally entered politics. So it was with Gandhiji,who began his career as a lawyer,
turning to representing the down trodden and ultimately shaped the destiny of India's
freedom struggle.There is no knowing where a person would land up ultimately.
For most, they have no freedom to choose their occupation, they have to begin somewhere
and face two options: a) move out to the occupation of choice as early as possible or b)
continue in the profession, cope with the inevitable and take interest to excel in it.
Thus, we have Mr Raghuram Rajan, who graduated as an engineer, went on to study economics
and became a professor and then to the Governorship of the RBI in a short time.
In many success stories, we find the people choosing to move out at the opportune time.
There are examples also of people pursuing their first occupation successfully. Mr AM
Naik of LT joined the company as a GET and remained steadfast to pursuing his career in
the same organization and reached the top.
As concerning the teaching profession fame has not eluded the excellent practitioners.
They were able to attain position of eminence. Dr S Radhakrishnan is a role model for
pursuing a teaching career. In Management, we can cite Prof. CK Prahalad, in Chemistry-
Prof CNR Rao, and many others.
The question: Does a person have a role model while choosing the profession. If the
answer is yes, then the chances are that such a person will attain excellence in the
chosen occupation.
Best Regards,
K.Paranjpe
On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 08:56:36 +0530 profms.turan@gmail.com wrote
> There has been a lot of debate on whether one should join teaching as a choice or by
chance. Many colleagues boasted of joining this as a choice. I hope many of them are true
to what they said, but think how many people are in the careers of their choice.Now the
question is if a person lands in a career by chance, should we presume that he or she is
incompetent and can't justify his/her position. Let's have views of colleagues
Sent from my iPhone
On 11-Jun-2016, at 11:30 AM, 'Vijendra Kumar' via Management Teachers Consortium, Global
<join_mtc@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Dear All,Any profession has to be their choice, not by chance. A person can achieve, if
he/she has a passion for it and willing to do. However, Indian context is something
different. Everybody can not go through their interested career path. Before they realize
their career choice, career has been forced on them due to rigid educational system as
well as principles of economics. A person can still do fairness to his/her job. He has to
reflect upon his limitations and can change his chance to choice.
The most remarkable quality of human mind is its flexibility (Neural plasticity). Again,
positive adoptive behaviour is the mechanism, which made our species to survive and rule
the earth even though we are insignificant in the universe!.A fate or destiny can be
overcome with effort or Purusha Prayathna (Yoga Vasistha). And this Purusha Prayathna
supposed to be righteous (ethical) and for common good.
Prof. Vijendra Kumar S.K.Assistant Professor & Counseling Psychologist,Centre for
Counseling and Career Guidance,PES University, Bangalore.
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 1:31 PM, Shivshankar Mishra <skmishra2006@hotmail.com>
wrote:
1] Teachers in India have had an exalted status in the society for centuries, until the
unionised attitude started
bargainingon excessive security without any scrutiny.2] We demanded that teachers be
treated as factory workers under Indian Factories Act, and we got it.3] We insisted on
smooth progression in career growth without any barriers or performance review. API is a
misconstrued scale!4] Misplaced sympathies with undeserving entrants have made it
difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.4] Professionalism in teaching is often
argued in terms of teaching and/or research competence, ignoring the intent of
societal bonding and accountability of behaviour.5] Such attitudes create an image that
does not go well with the societal image of a teacher in Indian society.6] We talk of the
best HR practices for recruitment elsewhere but rarely apply in academics.7] Eligibility
norms need to be redefined. NET/SET is an absurd measure for recruitment. Some other
norms need to be evolved. We have already diluted the value of doctoral degrees. How
many of them are really "path-breaking" or socially relevant and useful in terms of
applicability?7] That has given the commercial minded educational investors a leverage to
hunt for numerical compliance and
instead of seeking the real talent.Dr.Shivshankar Mishra,Professor Emeritus
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 03:52:48 +0000
To: join_mtc@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Teaching profession should be a choice or chance?
From: kdparanjpe@rediffmail.com
Dear Sir, Teaching will become a profession of choice when the society begins to respect
them and their work. Today, the teacher of the past is not a choice. He is reviled, nay
abused, most of the times exploited by the system,beaten up and punished for the wrong
acts of the students. As to social standing it is next to nil.
On the other side, teachers are seen to mislead students, spreading ill will, politicking
and victimizing students fostering favorites, decrying merit, encouraging dissidence,
etc. These acts bring shame and approbation from the very society that they seek to
serve.
A passionate teacher is thus left with a dilemma. Most turn away to find other
professions, others gravitate to the profession for the short term as a stopgap.
There is huge teacher shortage and the country seems to be oblivious to this problem.
Cheers
K.Paranjpe
On Tue, 07 Jun 2016 10:49:42 +0530 "Syed Ameen" wrote
> Dear Professors,Teaching profession has become a chance for many and only few can be
found passionate about it.We had conducted a research at many colleges of Bangalore and
Mangalore, Karnataka on this issue and found that nearly 70% of teaching professionals
have taken this profession as a chance but not as a choice.How can we expect good results
when teachers are not passionate about their job?Please extend your views on this
issue.Thanks and regards,
Syed Ameen Ahmed
Asst Professor - MBA
AITM - Bhatkal
Karnataka
Mob: +91 9886365099
Email: syedameen2364@gmail.comWebsite: www.aitmb.ac.in
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