The Banking Executive Magazine - March 2023 Issue

Career Chronicle BITS Pilani Dubai Campus is plan- ning to introduce master's in civil en- gineering with specialization in Infrastructure Engineering and Man- agement, Minors in Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelli- gence and Supply Chain. Some of their new collaborations in- clude companies from UAE and India such as, ADNOC, Emirates Group, KSB Middle East FZE, Voltas, Axiom, among many others. Amsal Muneeb from the Placement Division of BITS Pilani Dubai Cam- pus says: “Considering the UAE job market, the top jobs in this field would be Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Cybersecurity Architect, Cloud Engineer, AI Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Production Engi- neer, Automation Engineer, Process Engineer, Project Engineer, Electrical Engineers, Biomedical Engineer, En- vironmental Engineer, among oth- ers.” Experts underline schools and uni- versities are already focused on de- veloping a range of technological, creative, and entrepreneurial skills with their students to prepare them for a world of the future, which is changing exponentially. Mick Gernon, Managing Director for the Middle East - International Schools Partnership (ISP) says: “Un- derstanding, and not just using, tech- nology is a prerequisite in creating new solutions to global challenges and knowledge-based outcomes. In- dustry is changing rapidly and will need green engineers to focus on sustainable solutions.” He adds: “For the UAE, this can range from new jobs in sustainable agriculture, energy, and space tech- nology solutions. With the advent of autonomous vehicles, we will need skilled technicians to build and test, as well as drone technicians who will transform delivery services and security.” Experts say that “these are jobs of the future", but they will require students to understand and embrace AI and advances in STEM in a much wider context. Gernon adds: “STEM-based educa- tion will need to be adaptive, will need to be able to flex to accommo- date advances in technology, and will need to be the central ‘core’ of learning in schools and beyond. Only then will we be able to keep pace with exponential technologies and their power to transform how we live and work.” ISSUE 171 MARCH 2023 the BANKING EXECUTIVE 45