University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) hosted a one-day activity at its Bidholi campus on Monday as part of Uttarakhand Government’s efforts to promote the Central government’s mission on ‘Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises’. The activity constituted a part of the MSME fortnight being celebrated in Uttarakhand from January 16 to 30 to educate the MSME entrepreneurs on how to derive maximum benefit from the existing programmess, policies and schemes of the Central and the State Government on this matter.
Arun Dhand, director – government relations, media affairs and CSR, UPES shared the journey of the varsity since its inception and also stressed on the role and the need of industry-focused education in a growing economy like India. Sharing his vision on the industry - academia association, S C Nautiyal, director industry, government of Uttarakhand focused on the need of regular interactions between the two. He offered the services of his department towards coordinating the endeavor. Nihal Anwar Siddiqui – HOD, health, safety and environment, UPES made a power point presentation detailing the various courses being offered by UPES and also highlighted the in-house capabilities existing in the university that could be leveraged by the local industry. Neeraj Gupta, deputy director- PCRA, GoI gave a presentation on the work being carried out in the field of energy conservation at Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA).