Temples won’t create jobs for tomorrow, only science will create future: Sam Pitroda

Gandhinagar: On a debate on temples, god, technocrat Sam Pitroda said that religion will not create jobs for tomorrow, only science will build the future. He spoke to students at Karnavati University in Gandhinagar today.
He also said when employment is talked about, it’s given a political angle and involves “a lot of rhetoric and very little substance”.
“When I hear all the debates in this country about temple, religion, God, caste, I worry about India. Temples are not going to create jobs for tomorrow. Only science will create the future,” Pitroda said.
However, there is very little conversation on science in public domain, he said.
“Even when one talks about employment, there is always a political angle. There is a lot of rhetoric and very little substance,” he said.
Pitroda was speaking at the ‘Youth Parliament’ at the Karnavati University.
The country’s youth are being misguided by people, mainly politicians, talking about useless things that lead them to the wrong path, he alleged.
Delivering a speech on ‘Employment and Entrepreneurship,’ Pitroda said India lacked the “right mindset” to look at jobs of tomorrow as the “concept of jobs that we understand today is long dead”.
“We have too much conversation in this country on useless issues, and it bothers me. We talk about petty things, we misguide our young, we lead them to the wrong path, we don’t tell them facts, we lie to them,” he said.
“It hurts, but I see a lot of these leaders saying things that don’t make sense at all. Because they are ignorant, they have not achieved much in their life besides giving bhashans (speeches). They are not qualified to guide our young,” he said.
The tech entrepreneur who worked closely with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi said jobs today were threatened by technology.
Human longevity and modern technologies like robotics, big data, analytics, cloud computing and open source software are automating things and making routine works redundant, he said.
Creating more jobs remains a challenge, Pitroda said, suggesting to look at the idea of job creation with the mindset of the future and not the past.