fields the former is a scientist and the latter an economist who have proved their mettle in this field this proves that a diverse educational background and overall knowledge of varied subjects can help create a good politician disagreeing with the presumed significance of political science in the field of politics yadav says unfortunately the discipline of political science does not have anything to do with politics and this is not just in our own country as someone who has studied the political sciences i felt that the one thing it didnt equip me to be part of was politicspersonality traitssuri says a good analytical mind a good memory an ability to maintain trust and a willingness to lead and direct along with an element of intelligence and courage are some personality traits that together make a good politician a successful leader is one who has his finger on the pulse of the people their sentimentssays s ramachandran vicechancellor university of madras it is obviously difficult to find personalities like mahatma gandhi or other freedom fighters of the preindependent era that kind of dedication definitely does not existthe high points that a student can look forward to in this career is the ability to bring about a change in governance and work out a better political system for a lot of people it is an alternate business but politics cannot be just any other profession it is a special field that demands special attention says kanimozhi debates and concernsas most professors and political scientists would agree the youth has little incentive to join politics ramchandran says the image that politicians have created for themselves does not motivate students to choose politics as a careersandeep shastri director international academy for creative teaching and a leading political scientist says the ailment here is essentially the byproduct of social attitudes and prejudices that have triggered off a chain of reactions and consequences which cause the present malaise this attitude accounts for the decline in enrolment both in quality and quantity in the graduate and postgraduate programmes in the social sciences more often than not political science is seen as an easy option for a course of study another reason is that the professions that rise out of a course of study in political sciences like research analysis teaching law etc can also be accessed by those who pursue other streams of studyshastri further elucidates the syllabus in most political science courses is not fully linked to ground reality very often the study begins with a global overview and then focuses on the local rather than than the other way around it is for this reason that students often cannot relate to the issues being taught further the learning method is lecturestyleanother reason could be that the government is not doing enough to encourage youth into politics it seems to me that the leaders in power are diffident about encouraging the youth to join politics avers shastri young people themselves dont see politics