Universities should not restrict their work to awarding degrees but find effective and scientific solutions to existing problems of the society and the state, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Tuesday.
He was addressing during the signing of a MoU virtually between the State Planning Commission, the state’s 14 universities and four higher educational institutions mainly IIIT, IIM, AIIMS and IIT, states an official communication.
The MoU, signed for three years, aims to ensure the active participation of state-based higher educational institutions to find effective and scientific solutions, study and research, innovation to resolve the problems of various sectors including agriculture and industry.
It will promote inclusive development of the state.
Chhattisgarh has become one of the first states to link and ensure active participation of higher educational institutions for the state’s development.
Baghel said the State Planning Commission and institutions will be involved in identification of state specific problems and issues. A solution will be found through research, study and innovation, Baghel said.
The scientific identification of the crises in sectors of agriculture, employment, rural development, cottage industries to major industries will be done.
With active involvement of higher education faculty and students in the study, they can have hands on experience and insight of existing prevailing ground conditions. Thus, we can find simple scientific solutions, he said.
The Chief Minister also launched the ‘Coordination Unit’, a research and study centre of the Indira Gandhi Agriculture University.
Planning and Culture Minister Amarjeet Bhagat told the event that it will pave the path for utilizing the talents of the state for inclusive development.