Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 21: Governor N.N. Vohra inaugurated the Policy Consultative Workshop for Academic Leaders of J&K at Raj Bhavan here today. This workshop, part of the “National Students Start-Up Policy”, was organized to promote and integrate the efforts being made by various institutions and at various levels in the State to support the Start-Up movements.
Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Prof. Sanjay Inamdar, Chairman, AICTE Start-up Policy Implementation Committee, Dr. Unnat Pandit, Head, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Dr. H.K. Mittal, Member Secretary, National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) and a senior representative of the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion , Union Ministry of Commerce and Industries, gave presentations on the Start-Up scenario in the country and a road-map to develop innovation and entrepreneurship culture across the Universities and educational institutions in J&K. Parvez Ahmed, Chairman, J&K Bank Ltd. who also participated, presented his suggestions on the role of financial institutions in promoting Start-Ups in the State.
Vice-Chancellors and representatives of 15 institutions including the State Higher Education Department, University of Kashmir, University of Jammu, SKUAST-K, Central University of Kashmir, Central University of Jammu, Cluster University of Jammu, Cluster University of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI), Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, SKUAST-J, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Department of Industry and Commerce, and J&K Bank participated in this Policy Design Workshop.
Addressing the workshop, Governor highlighted the importance of institutions of higher learning to institutionalising the Start-Up movement in order to harness the creative potential of youth. Governor observed that in order to translate knowledge and expertise into viable commercial enterprises it is imperative that serious planned steps are taken to develop an innovation based Start-Up ecosystem which will also encourage students to find solutions to contemporary social challenges.
Stressing the importance of moving swiftly for mobilising an environment of entrepreneurship, he advised the Universities to collaborate with each other and pool their resources to create the infrastructure needed to realize the entrepreneurial potential of our youth.
Governor noted that JKEDI had already commenced the process for formulating the Start-Up Policy for the State. He urged the State Government to develop an innovation/student Start-Ups Hub which can be linked to all the University hubs. It was suggested that the Higher Education Department could develop a holistic Student Innovation and Start-Up Policy in line with the AICTE Start-Up Policy and each University in J&K should develop their own contextual framework to implement this Policy across their affiliated institutes.
In addition, each College affiliated with a University should set up an innovation and Start-Up cell. Annually, the best student innovation and start-Ups could be showcased and awarded in a special function (Festival of Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship) hosted by Raj Bhavan with the Education Department to celebrate excellence and achievement of each University.
In his concluding remarks Governor observed that the Universities and institutes of education assume importance and relevance only when they get meaningfully involved in resolving local and regional problems. By tackling such challenges young students can become job providers with consequent socio-economic benefits all around.
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