80 of them taking Voluntary Retirement at the age of 45–50 years , the other 50 openly leaving
Leaving where?
USA? Europe? Japan? China? Russia?
Naah
They are LEAVING TO JOIN THE PRIVATE AEROSPACE SECTOR INDIA!!
This isn't what is meant by creating a Workforce
Poaching Scientists from within YOUR OWN COUNTRY is not building a workforce or a research base
It is simply ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL
An Academic Ponzi Scheme at the end of the day
As a Private Aerospace Industry you
- Offer mass Scholarships - ❌
- Invest heavily into Aerospace Engineering - ❌
- Build a trainee workforce from University - ❌
- Poach Scientists from Government Organizations offering them higher pay - ✅
How does this benefit India or anyone at the end of the day?
They are not the most brilliant of scientists
Sure in the 1980s - the best of the crop joined ISRO,BARC or HAL
Today?
Most of the best minds - they are in foreign countries
The Scientists in ISRO are decent , some of them maybe even on the fringes of good
They may score a 50% to 60% in Scientific ability and analytical ability
Yet they are certainly incapable of pioneering major material science or engineering breakthroughs
You need Brilliant Scientists and Engineers for that
You need Brilliant Physicists for that
That means TALENT RETENTION
That means TALENT NURTURING
That means TALENT CREATION
China has a Private Aerospace Sector that is presently 28 times larger than Indias
(221 Billion CNY vs ₹ 24,000 Crore)
Yet none of these companies POACH employees from State Owned Aerospace Corporations
They recruit from
- Universities
- Training Programs offered exclusively for them by PLAAF
- Overseas Universities especially Kazakhstan, Egypt, Russia, Pakistan & Tajikistan by offering major Scholarships
- Professors in Universities by offering them 3–5–10 yr consultancy contracts
They build a workforce over time
Just like they built a workforce for Semiconductors or AI or Robotics or EVs or Renewable Energy
Millions of Quiet Workers talented and capable , working on complex physics problems to change the world
Not hiring tired 40–50 yr olds from Govt of India organizations to revolutionize Aerospace in India 😁
It is possibly the STUPIDEST IDEA yet
How can Private Aerospace ever grow and flourish?
As usual - the Sector will see an Adani , Ambani and Tata take charge
Bungle up somewhere as usual
Like Drishti Drones - Knockoffs on Hermes Platforms built by Adani that seems to crash more than ply across ocean surfaces
Plus Hermes itself has been ripped to pieces by the barely standing Iranian Air Defenses
Come on India - Don't screw up everything 🙏
All you are doing now is depriving ISRO off talent and delaying their programs or putting hampers in them
You are NOT adding any value to the Aerospace Industry in any way whatsoever
These Aunties here did well for Mangalyaan and they can handle derivative operations based on blueprint orders
They aren't strategic team leaders who can formulate long term design and manufacturing plans
They can't pioneer programs for God's sake
That needs HARD CORE GROUND LEVEL TALENT , not older scientists
If i want an AI workforce - i recruit 15–25 yr olds who are experts in Statistics, Data Science, Interface Development, Data Structures, Computer Organization, Algorithms
I don't go to Infosys and recruit 35–40 year olds whose expertise was in archaic coding that has little to no meaning in today's modern tech world of clouds and horizonal technology