Hi Khushali,
This is Suparna from Bentley Systems. Your post is indeed a great read and very relevant to the present times. As far as your concern for the disproportionate ratio of skilled educators to the aspiring learners is concerned , I guess one reason could be the gap in the means and the curriculum of education that was practiced in the earlier generations and the nature of the knowledge that is prevalent in the current era.
The current demand is that of an amalgamation of in depth knowledge of traditional concepts combined with the aptitude of an IR4 eco-system . This in tandem with an acumen to apply the understandings would help us conceive ideas that advance our capacities/capabilities to adapt to and co-exist with a healthy and eco friendly environment.
The fragments or components of technology are more dynamic and volatile than any of their counterparts of the yesteryears. Hence its not just a knowledge of these components that is required but an everlasting appetite for innovation and improved design approaches brought forth by the present cluster of engineers, scientists and technologists that would fuel the constant and incremental improvements to realize the goal of an IR4.0 eco system.
Our efforts at Bentley Systems is to create one such platform where technologists, engineering professionals and researchers can come together to learn, brain storm, discuss and develop ideas to take us closer to the IR4.0 environment. Digitalization of infrastructure is the next big event in the wings and would contribute immensely to the realization of the IR4.0 era.
I do hope that interested educators and students would visit our portal and help us make a valuable contribution to the forthcoming challenges.