Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has said that the Government is working to prevent talent and patent from leaving the country. “Now, we will stop both talent and patent from leaving the country,” Pokhriyal said at the All India Management Association (AIMA) 25th convocation on Thursday.
He pointed out that 7.5-8 lakh Indian students go overseas looking for their future and, in the process, Rs 1.5 lakh crore flows out of the country. “India is contributing to the excellence of other countries,” he remarked. He added that the proof of our education’s excellence is that the CEOs of Google and Microsoft studied in India.
The Minister said that India would lead the online education revolution and efforts would be made to offer online courses from the world’s top 100 universities. He appreciated AIMA’s initiative in promoting online education and testing, and asked the organisation to promote the objectives of the NEP.
Nishank also declared that the new curriculum of management and engineering institutes would be developed in partnership with the industry. He also stated that now onwards 50% of the students of IIMs and IITs would work with the industry during their studies.
AICTE Chairman, Dr Anil Sahasrabudhe delivered the keynote address of the convocation.
He appreciated AIMA for holding the country’s first entirely online convocation. He pointed out that covid had allowed higher education and regulation to go online though AICTE had faced stiff resistance for two years in digitalizing the approval process.