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OUCEAA Activities
Mr. Surana, stated that India produced around one tenth of all products that China produces and India has the potential to surpass China’ s production in next 20 years. This is possible only by growth dependent on low base, shift in demographics and globalization. By low base, he meant how a small change in low initial input amounts can be translated into a large percentage change in output. Shift in demographics refers to a state where the number of people dependent are less compared to the number of earning population. He also mentioned that India has reached this stage in 2005. By globalization he refered the opportunities, exposure and developments in technology. Since all these three growth parameters are pretty much relevant today, Mr. Surana wished to see the current generation capitalise on these opportunities to grow and succeed.
Alumni Talk # 2 Sridhar Narayan Porindla
Mr. Sridhar Narayan Porindla, is the Alumni of Bio Medical Department, OU, 1984-88 batch. He is the owner of Hyderabad based SN Consultancy, which boasts of many distinguished clients like GE, Philips, Mindray etc. His line of work is the Medical diagnostic Ultrasound.
In words of Mr. D. Vijay Kumar( General Secretary, OUCEAA), Mr. Sridhar is the first applications specialist in the country, way back in 1991-92 and has seen the industry evolve.
Mr. Sridhar delivered his lecture on the topic-“ The opportunities in Ultrasound diagnostics.” He spoke of his association with various colleges and companies around the world like GE, Philips etc. He told the students that these companies depend on thousands of Ph. Ds for supporting their research work and the support
network mainly consists of undergraduate or graduate students / interns which opens up vast range of research opportunities for students. He also stressed the importance of providing dedicated courses by the companies to the students. He expressed his wish that our current syllabus can be modified to introduce modality, speciality and the experienced based learning in the students’ area of interest which will open up a wide range of career opportunities.
He observed the existence of POPs( Professor of Practice) in US Universities, essentially who are alumni and successful business / industry practitioners. They share their experiences with the students which results in deep knowledge sharing. Though we currently don’ t have such practice in our system in Indian universities, he