Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy has expressed concern over the poor quality of education and research in the information technology sector.

Delivering the Dr. N Sheshagiri Memorial lecture in New Delhi today, Mr Murthy said, the IT industry has a greater potential to contribute to the country’s growth. He advised that the Industry and engineering colleges should collaborate to produce a better quality of professionals.

Mr Murthy said, the industry should come forward to fund the training and research in the IT sector.

He suggested that education in the country should move towards critical thinking, learnability and problem-solving.

He suggested that the country should do away with the teachers’ monologue type of learning and promote discussion-based education.

Mr Murthy also emphasized the need for good learning of the English language for the IT professionals.

He said, while all other languages must be promoted, English should be the basic of the IT industry.

Remembering his close association with founder Director General of National Informatics Center (NIC) Dr. Seshagiri, Mr Murthy described him as a combination of academic excellence, administrative acumen and a sense of quick decision making.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Information Technology Sanjay Dhotre said, NIC is working towards achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Digital India.

The programme was organised by the National Informatics Center, NIC.