Engineers of the future

Seems like the engineering colleges in Kerala are hell bend on rising a different breed of engineers-Engineers without any "BraIns".Can't exactly say without but,the gene that contributes to the practical thinking is fast disappearing ,i myself a silent victim to the new phenomenon.The system so demands that ,engineering is now all about passing the university exam without any supplimentries.Compare us with those who made all the difference about 10-20 years back and we are nothing but,Hormone induced mangoes which are rotting inside.Why a sudden shift in the quality of engineers passing out?.Blame it on the governments open policy of opening up the education field to private sector.Earlier engineering and medicine were classified as elite course for, it was meant for those with brains but, now the situation have altered to a point where engineering and medicine are classified under"common man's job"the one you can attain if your parents have a hefty pocket and bank balance to pay for NRI quota.Engineering is now so common that most of the employed in cleric posts or even daily wages are in real sense ENGINEERS who couldn't strike gold in IT sector.Being an engineer ma self if you ask me why am mocking ma own field i would narrate the following incident.

Last day as i was spending ma lazy afternoon at ma aunt's place the power went off.Aunt shouted from the kitchen"Opal change the fuse,there may be a problem with it".Frankly ma face went blank"Fuse and me?"."I don't know how to change the fuse" i screamed back.And her next sentence hurted ma ego"You are an engineering student should be knowing such small things".Having to make up an excuse i said"Am from instrumentation field ,fuses are meant for electrical students".Ma aunt still had that"SOOOO shameful" expression on her face.Finally i had to blurt out the truth"THEY DON'T TEACH THAT IN COLLEGE".The incident is a reminder of how we study volumes and volumes the day before exams and miserably fail to do small things.Engineering is all about applying studies into everyday life not create a bunch of zombies who mug up and proudly declare it to the world"I have an 75+ for ma B.Tech"