Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the country will have a new identity in the world with establishment of this university by Symbiosis.
The city, which has already become an educational hub of the Central India with the presence of world-class institutes like the IIM and the IIT and a host of other private and government engineering colleges, and management institutes, has added yet another feather in its cap of a growing and prestigious list of academic institutions with the Chief Minister here on Friday laying the foundation stone for the Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, an upcoming institute of the prestigious Symbiosis Group.
The institute which is expected to start its academic session from 2016, will be the first institute of its kind in the whole country to provide education on skill development. A sum of Rs150 crore would be spent in the first phase of this university and its construction work will likely commence within 2-3 months. The proposed university which will have a mega campus is expected to provide skill-based education to 5,000 students in the next five years.
The Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences will be first of its kind skills university in India, based on the German Model of Universities of Applied Sciences. The university will offer competency-based degree programmes in high growth sectors of automotive, manufacturing, construction, BFSI, retail, IT and other service sectors.
The varsity will blend education and skill-based hands-on training in order to develop skill-based competencies in line with market needs. While laying the foundation stone, the Chief Minister hoped that this university being set up by the Sumbiosis Group will be able to create a distinct niche for itself not only in the India but also in the whole world for its skill-based education.
He said setting up of the Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences in Indore will prove to be a milestone for the people of this region.
Chouhan said it was high time that education in the state to be attached top priority and all efforts would be made for proper growth of this section. He said that in the next global investors’ meeting in Indore which is slated for October 8-9, 2014, the government will attach top priority to issues related to education, health and tourism.
He said from June 16 onward, Rsschool chalo abhiyaan’ would be started in the whole state and under the drive, efforts would be made to ensure that not a single child in the state is deprived of education in order to make them qualified persons. Similarly, he said that steps would also be taken to create employment opportunities for students through education.
Noted among those who were present on the occasion were State Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, Symbiosis’s founder chairman, SB Mazumdar, city Mayor Krishna Murari Moghe, local MlAs and senior Government officials.
After laying the foundation stone of the university, the CM also planted saplings at Super Corridor under a RsGreen Indore’ drive. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the environment could be saved only through plantation of more and more saplings.