The future of today's Engineers: Turning towards Startups

In a nation that's jam packed with people, in a population of 120 crores, you see an engineer passing out in every nook and corner nowadays. Approximately 1.5 million engineers pass out every year in India. Then how can one expect each of them to turn out to be the next rising star of the country? The jobs that average engineers get are making data entries, taking printouts, etc. Most of the jobs available for engineers are the same that any under qualified person can easily get. Engineering is a rose from the exterior but once you go to touch it, it turns out to be full of thorns.
I've myself seen an example where an IT engineer from one of the esteemed colleges of Mumbai is now handling a Xerox shop, taking photocopies and printouts. Anyone gets weary of this mundane life after a time. Today's Engineering student, when he gets bored of his daily 9-5 lectures, has just 3 options left in front of him: pursue GRE, pursue MBA abroad, or set up his own startup. What most engineers follow nowadays is the 3rd option.
Everyone wants to be the next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Larry Page. Rather, be the first yourself. If you have your own idea and along with it responsibility, persistence, dedication, and motivation, then who can ever dare to stop you from hitting bullseye. My heart bursts with joy when I come across any such news that a startup got successful in India.
Everyone wants to open his own startup. Startups nowadays have become like a guitar for a young teenager: everybody wants it. Startups at present have become a passion for every teenager and not a form of profession. So whenever any student comes with any such idea for a startup, clubs like startup club and E-Cell come ahead to support you so that each individual gets a chance to put his best foot forward. Still there need to be a lot of changes that have to be brought about to help and guide such individuals and assure that they reach their destination without any obstacle.
The first difficulty that an entrepreneur faces is family support. Every family member feels that if you wanted to start your own startup, then why did you waste a big amount of money on your graduation? But what Engineering teaches us is fighting against all such odds and hardships and rising again and again even after falling down infinite times. What you should keep in mind is to NEVER QUIT. You should keep on exploring uncharted territories, keep fighting against the odds and never refuse because the difficulties that you face in the start are just helping you to build the base of your own Eiffel Tower.
The next big obstacle in our path is that of funding and finding investors, regarding this you should always remember, if you try at 10 places, at least 1 place you will succeed. Nobody discovered an island in their first journey, but what they did was kept trying, you will also touch the feet of success one day.
Any startup cannot be started by a single being alone, you need a team. A team who is ready to face any number of challenges, make sacrifices, work out changes, and be perseverant always. You don't get everything, some things are not in your hand, but how you develop and work out with the available resources and still turn out to be the jack of all trades is what brings glory to your life. There's nothing like fate or luck, any unsuccessful man always keeps harping about his luck, but that never helps you to win.
The biggest risk in life is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing so quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking any risks. It's not an innovation until it gets built. The soul of an entrepreneur is restless. It keeps roaming until it comes up with a masterpiece. In this country which is filled with ruthless competition, where there is an engineer graduating in every corner, never give up. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you want to become. Life gives us two choices. Both sides look good, but listen to your heart and go forward with your idea. Mark my words, the force of this nation is going to be changed by such entrepreneurs and not politicians.
Success is 99% perspiration. And 1% inspiration. This is my dream of the future India as quoted by Rabindranath Tagore;
"Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake. "
As engineers are facing such a tough situation now, startups are a great resort for rising up and becoming that diamond in the coal!

Note: This article about BVBSPIT Mumbai has not been written by the PaGaLGuY Editorial Team. Readers should research and verify the claims and judgements in the article before reaching a conclusion.