Future is Technical
& Social Skills
The future will combination of Technical & Social Skills ie Big Data,
Robotics, AI & VR and a deep understanding of humanity.
The coming generation will be unsuccessful without supplementary of
social & human understanding
For more insights please refer below mentioned press release
PR @ Hindustan Times
| Dated 28th February 2018
The future is New
Humanities, a mix of technical and social skills
The future
will be shaped by the intersection between new technologies – big data,
robotics, AI and VR – and a deep understanding of humanity and how to make the
most of the same.
The combination of technical and social skills in the future –
a type of ‘social ergonomics’ – will be crucial to create value and prosperity.
It represents a new social science that we can call “New Humanities”.
The new
world requires a definition of new social and professional competencies that
will differentiate and enable humanity to prosper in this increasingly
automated, environment.
Scenarios
suggest that half of today’s activities could be automated by 2055. Therefore,
adapting your existing life skills, both social and professional, to the new
technologies is paramount.
Education
technologies have been exponentially evolving. Global e-learning platforms,
digital readers, virtual classrooms, mobile devices and cloud- based learning
platforms are newer ways in which students are learning these days.
Parents and
students’ mindsets are also maturing, where they are not afraid of selecting
different kind of career paths. All this augurs well for us a country, as
education remains the only potential weapon to fight against socio-economic
maladies.
Going
forward, we need to develop world-class capability in high-value niche areas.
We need structural changes in the higher education system to ensure greater
effectiveness. With the advent of new technologies like AI, Robotics and so on,
we need to re-look at the skill requirements of the future.
For the next
generation, technical knowledge will be ineffective without the accompanying
social and human understanding. The New Humanities will underpin the economy of
the future. A framework is essential to anticipating the type of skills and
qualifications.
First, the
ability to recognise and identify strangers and calibrate our responses
accordingly is an important social skill. The ability to ‘intuitively’
understand the nature of who you are actually interacting with – a human being,
a machine or, perhaps, a combination of both – will become a vital asset in
daily and professional life.
In the
future, accepted social or professional protocols for human interaction will be
different to non-human.
Secondly,
cognitive behaviours such as empathy – particularly the qualities of judgement,
context and circumstance which cannot be easily replicated by coding – will be
integral to New Humanities.
According to
the Harvard Business Review, the top 10 companies in the Global Empathy Index
2015 increased in value more than twice as much as the bottom 10 and generated
10% more earnings. This delta – a type of ‘empathy premium’ – is likely to
increase as businesses become more automated.
Thirdly, one
quality which continues to define humanity is our capacity (or need) for a
spiritual side; and one which will also be reflected in the New Humanities of
the future.
Globally,
73% think technology can never replace the human mind. People will need to
continue working alongside machines to produce the growth in per capita GDP.
Many jobs still require a mixture of skills, flexibility, and judgment that is
a long way from being codified or performed by robots.
The Indian
higher education has evolved both qualitatively and quantitatively. Over the
last two decades, India has transformed its education landscape to create
widespread access to high-quality university education for students at all
levels.
The sector has also expanded to offer a wide choice of programmes.
This has enhanced its learning outcomes as well. Curriculums are becoming more
and more industry relevant, as a result, the Indian education system is
producing employable graduates, which the industry can absorb readily.
This
will hopefully fill the skill gap that exists today.
Regards
Prof. Pralhad Jadhav
Master of Library & Information Science (NET
Qualified)
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository
Khaitan & Co
