The Mahayogi Gorakhnath University, Gorakhpur, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad to help students of eastern UP learn the art of entrepreneurship to enable them to set up their startups.
Chief Minister and Gorakshpeethadhishwar Yogi Adityanath is the chancellor of this university.
Officials said that the aim of the MoU with the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) was to make the students of the university aware of the immense potential in the fields of pharmacy, healthcare, paramedical, Ayurveda and to motivate them towards entrepreneurship.
“The EDII will support the students in these fields so that they can contribute to the development of the society and the country by becoming entrepreneurs,” a government spokesman said.
The MoU was signed by Mahayogi Gorakhnath University Vice-Chancellor Major General (Retired) Dr Atul Bajpai on behalf of the university and Director General Dr Sunil Shukla on behalf of the EDII.
On this occasion, Dr Shukla said through the MoU the Mahayogi Gorakhnath University students would become partners in the all-round development of Purvanchal by creating employment. He said that with the objective of promoting innovation and entrepreneurship and to connect the students with self-employment, the EDII was working with many universities at the grassroots level.