B'luru based Kashmiri IT professional calls for improving education system in Valley

A Kashmiri IT professional, who left the state and settled down in Bangalore for better career prospects, strongly feels there is need for a change in the Valley's education system.

Basharat Amin Shah, a product of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, is one among the many bright students of the state who have made a bright career for themselves in different parts of the country.

Shah said he is deep-rooted to his homeland and keeps visiting the place often. He also heaped praise on his adopted home Bangalore, which he feels is better developed than rest of the country.

"Kashmir is my motherland and I am deep-rooted with that state. It lacks those avenues which take you to the heights of your career. So, my next choice was Bangalore, which I felt is more close to my native - be it weather, its people or their behaviour - it resembles more to Kashmir. Development wise, it is better than rest of the country," he said.

After completing his engineering from NIT, Shah did his Masters from Iran and moved to Bangalore a decade ago. Basharat currently works as a senior manager at Aricent Technologies.

"Last year, I visited Srinagar for campus recruitment. I felt very good to visit a place where have studied and now recruiting the people for your organization. I keep visiting Srinagar for work purpose also," he added.

Basarat and his Bangalore-based Kashmiri friends are also planning to set up an institute with modern teaching facilities in the Kashmir Valley.

Basharat said Kashmiri youth are bright and can do well in the corporate world, but "it takes time for them to settle".

"We need to bring change in the style of education in Kashmir. Like in Bangalore, the industry contributes and recommends the syllabus. But in Kashmir, we are going with the conventional system of education," he said.

Several others like Basharat Amin have set an example for the youngsters in the valley who are gradually making use of the best available opportunities across the country.