Mindset change ,must for kerala economy – experts

A re-engineered education system and infrastructure that suit the modern day work culture should be on top of the priorities for Kerala to survive COVID-induced socio-economic crises experts said at a webinar.

The speakers of the webinar, the first in a series on ‘Kerala: Beyond COVID’, mostly shared the optimism that the state has to move forward reshaping itself to fit the emerging trends in education, employment and entrepreneurship

The webinar series is aimed at offering concrete ideas to the government to revive its economy hit by the COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant lockdown. In a pre-shot video interaction with moderator G Vijayaraghavan, techhnocrat Sam Pitroda said Kerala should focus on its key sectors like textiles,food, healthcare, education and housing among others to reignite the economy the state has to prepare its well-educated workforce to embrace jobs in the fields of data mining and analytics. He said Kerala has to explore the options for creating web-based,educational products the demand for which has surged during the lockdown days globally.

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