Popular Again?

From England comes a piece of news that should warm the hearts of chemical engineers – the number of students enrolling into chemical engineering courses in UK have increased by 9 % this year. According to IChemE, chemical engineering is fast becoming a more popular choice for young adults entering higher education compared with other mainstream science and engineering disciplines. But here in India, the scenario continues to be gloomy, with chemical engineering languishing as the bottom of the barrel choice for engineering aspirants.If the promised investment blitz in petrochemical projects materialises in the next five years, we could be in for some serious shortage of skilled chemical engineers. It is time for all of us to take some pre-emptive initiatives