Srinagar: Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar today said the cherished dream of ‘Make in India’, ‘Start up India’ and ‘Digital India’ can be accomplished if the students imbibe in themselves the attitude to emerge as the job providers rather than job seekers.
He said this in his inaugural address at the 2-Day “National Conference and Exhibition” on “Emerging and Innovative Trends in Engineering Technology” (NCEEITET-16) organized by GCET in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur at GCET Campus, Chak Bhalwal, Jammu on Friday.
Akhtar stressed upon the engineering institutions to correlate their academic programmes for harnessing the practical skills of the engineering students to emerge as “job providers rather than job seekers” to accomplish the most cherished dreams of ‘Make in India, Start Up India and Digital India’.
Laying stress on the role of engineers as the “creators and innovators” for the overall well being of the society in the prevailing era of globalization, the Minister said the need of the hour is to make technological developments accessible to the needy and down-trodden regions of the country.
The Education Minister also spoke upon the science-society dynamics in the communication of science and technology and stressed upon the need for the participatory approach between the industry and the student community for spreading the scientific temper in the development of the global economy.
He emphasized upon the young students to come forward with creative thinking to strengthen the pace of technological development.
(Agencies)
