The engineer should not forget that he has
his historic role as a scientist with a social mission. His business
is to apply his knowledge and skills to fulfil basic human needs
and make life safer and easier. The engineer must with confidence
continue to contribute his share when society, people in general,
turns to him for solutions. He must convince them that he is familiar
with the current state-of-the-art I n engineering and technology
and would be able to use the most resent knowledge to tackle the
problems on hand.
This necessarily requires that he must perpetuate his knowledge
by involving himself in self-renewal as repeated intervals.
What he, therefore, needs is re-education from time to time
which can lead out his potential through flexible, interacting
programs of study and on-job experience suited to his specific
interests.