The third session of the PSGR Krishnammal College for Women Graduation Ceremony 2026 was held today at the college campus.
Kala Suresh, Managing Director, Accenture Greater Toronto Area, Canada, was the Chief Guest for the third session and presented degree certificates to the undergraduate departments of Computational Sciences and Management.
Yesodha Devi, Secretary of the college, welcomed the gathering, honoured the Chief Guest, and declared the graduation ceremony open.
Sadhasivam, Director- Management of the college, graced the occasion.
The graduation ceremony is being held in four sessions. The first and second sessions were held earlier this morning, and the fourth session is underway.
A total of 3,213 students are receiving their degrees across the four sessions.
Prompt engineering opens many jobs
-Kala Suresh
The third session, chief guest Kala Suresh, in her address, spoke to students about the AI-driven world they are entering. She said that AI is compelling people across all age groups to continuously learn and described it as a big universal shift.
Referring to recent Accenture research, she noted that “39% of current skill sets will be transformed by 2030.” Addressing the graduates, she said, “You are entering a world that cannot be reimagined or reinvented.”
Further, to be ready to face the AI world, Kala Suresh highlighted key soft skills for students: keep learning and make it a habit, learn to think, be adaptable, communicate with clarity, collaborate with generosity, and build resilience.
Kala Suresh also highlighted the skills that are in demand and for which numerous job opportunities are emerging, including generative AI and prompt engineering; agentic AI, which she described as a frontier technology likely to define the future; AI ethics and responsible technology; cybersecurity and zero trust frameworks; data storytelling; AIoT, which brings intelligence to data sources; and human–machine collaboration.
She added that while AI is transformative, it cannot fully replace human qualities, and noted that the biggest barrier today is not technology but people who are not yet ready to work alongside AI.
Emphasising the abundance of opportunities, she urged students to embrace them. She said financial independence is freedom for women and also advised graduates to take care of their health. She concluded by stating that students are graduating not only with degrees but also with the values and ethics instilled by the institution.
“Never stop learning, think deeply, embrace change, build with responsibility, and build your financial, intellectual, and personal independence,” she said.
