Govt. plans to make VTU a hub of entrepreneurship promotion

Bushra Mateen of Raichur college bags 16 gold medals at VTU convocation

Speaking at the convocation of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Belagavi on Thursday, Higher Education Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan said that the State Government plans to develop VTU into a hub of entrepreneurship promotion among young engineering graduates, by inviting venture capital investors and industry mentors.

“We believe that education and industry should complement each other. To see that happen, we will promote venture capital investments and industry-academia partnerships. We will also build a global capacity centre to attract working professionals to come back to research and innovation,” he said.

“Our aim is to completely change the outlook towards education. The new education policy has some revolutionary provisions to ensure that,” he said.

“Educational institutions should not be limited to teaching-learning process. They should not be isolated from the mainstream. That is why, we should work towards bringing education and industry together. We are focusing on skill training for students and empowering them towards becoming entrepreneurs,” he said.

He reiterated the assurance that VTU will be developed into a university of eminence and that 30 colleges will be developed into Super 30 institutions. “Such steps will help the Government achieve the dream of employment for all,” he said.

He said that the research fellowship amount will be increased in the coming days. He said that the Government will open a research chair in the name of S.G. Balekundri, irrigation engineer. The Government will also celebrate the former engineer’s birth anniversary, he added.

Meanwhile, Bushra Mateen, a civil engineering student from SLN College of Engineering in Raichur, became the first student to win 16 gold medals, the highest medal tally, in the history of the 24-year-old technological university.