Altaf Bukhari, Priya interact with young techies
Ask them to work hard, serve common masses
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JAMMU, FEBRUARY 19: Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari
and Minister of state for Education and culture, Priya Sethi today held
marathon interaction with the Engineering students drawn from state and outside
state Engineering colleges here at the 5th National Conference & Exhibition
on Engineering and Innovative Trends in Engineering Technology(NCEEITET) hosted
jointly by the Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu and
Indian Institute of Technology(ITI) Kharagpur.
Altaf Bukhari was chief Guest, while Priya Sethi
was guest of honour at the inaugural session of the two-day conference, which
was also attended by delegates of public sector and private agencies,
associated with technological development and Energy generation and other fields
of engineering, besides representatives of Industrial Sector.
At the outset, Senior faculty IIT Kharagpur
Prof SS Phatak, ATM Power Grid Corporation of India Shafat Ahmed and
EESL representative Manu Mudgul threw detailed light on the
rising need of innovation in different streams of Engineering and scope for
young Engineers to use their innovations.
Earlier in his inaugural address, Altaf Bukhari
highlighted the importance of grooming of J&K youth in modern fields to
compensate the loss incurred by the state over 25 years of turmoil. There is
imminent need for putting in extraordinary efforts to promote the young and
fertile minds to enable the state to keep pace with the technological advance,
he said adding that the state needs improvement on every front and the onus
lies on the new generation.
“Education sector has borne the maximum burnt of
the turmoil and only education advancement can bring out the state from the
prevailing morass” he said.
In her address, Priya Sethi urged the budding engineers
to use their abilities to improve the life of common man.
“As per a study the country has 1.5 billion young
technocrats who are putting in their abilities to enable the country to achieve
new heights in technology. I think their efforts should be directed towards
improving the day to day living of the masses” she said and listed the steps
being taken by the state and centre government towards skill advancement of
youth.
Meanwhile, the Students of GCET, Engineering
Colleges of Baba Ghulam Shah Badsha University, Shri Mata Vaishnoo Devi
University and various private Engineering colleges had put up their innovative
scientific models at the exhibition. The Ministers held detailed interaction
with the students to know about their models and innovative ideas.
Member Legislative Assembly Tangmarg Kashmir, Abas
Wani, Director School Education Jammu, Ravinder Singh, Nodal Principal GGM
Science College, Satinder Singh were also present on the occasion.
The Power Grid Corporation of India, Jammu and
Kashmir Power Development Corporation, Defence Science and Technology Organization,
Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency(JKEDA), National Institute of
Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) and some private companies
had put up their stalls to intimate the budding engineers about their field and
its requirements in terms of innovation.
Senior faculty IIT Kharagpur Prof SS Phatak, ATM
Power Grid Shafat Ahmed and EES representative Manu Mudgul
threw detailed light on the rising need of innovation in different streams of
Engineering and scope for young Engineers to use their innovations.
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