NEED FOR INDUSTRY-INSTITUTION COLLABORATION
TO MAKE EDUCATION RELEVANT : DR. KATHIRIA
Minister of State
for Human Resource Development, Dr. Vallabhbhai Kathiria today
strongly emphasised the need for industry-institution collaboration
to make education relevant to the needs of the economy.
The Minister said
this while inaugurating the Silver Jubilee Celebrations and All
India Inter-College Festival of IITs at the Indian Institute of
Technology campus, here today.
The Minister said
that in recent years, agencies such as Industrial Liaison Boards
have been created in States, industrial representatives are being
co-opted on the boards of academic institutions and persons from
commerce and industry visit institutes as guest lecturers, but
a lot remains to be done. For better coordination between employers
and institutions, both must change their traditional mindset and
respond to present day needs.
On the issue of highly
educated manpower going abroad for employment, Dr. Kathiria said
that it should not be taken as ‘brain drain’, but as a sign of
‘brain investment’ made by the country. He reminded of the long
Indian tradition of imparting knowledge to the outside world.
The Minister also
laid stress on value education for all round development of students.
He felt that such education should be imparted at all levels in
all types of educational institutions.
