Excelsior Correspondent
KATRA, Aug 30: Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Technology; Earth Sciences and MoS in PMO, has stressed the need for developing an independent aptitude among the students without any pressures and directions from parents.
“The Indian students are the most hard working lot in the world and what is required is to tap them young so that an independent aptitude can be developed in them without any pressures and directions from parents,” he said while delivering inaugural address after throwing open a workshop on `Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development through Incubation in Jammu and Kashmir State’ at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, here today.
The Union Minister called Technology Business Incubation Centre (TBIC) as the vision of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked for devotion from all the citizens of country.
The workshop, sponsored by National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, was aimed to develop the roadmap for setting up the first ever Technology Business Incubation Center (TBIC) in the State of J&K.
Workshop prepared ground for setting up of Technology Business Incubation (TBI) Center at SMVDU for initiating the process of S&T based entrepreneurship with special focus on Biotechnology.
The leading thinkers, Technology based business incubators, representatives of financial institutions, RBI officials, presidents and chairmen of various industrial associations, directors of research and academic institutions and senior officials of Government of Jammu and Kashmir participated in this workshop.
The workshop deliberated on the issues such as the role of incubation in providing a support environment for start-up and fledging companies, thereby promoting local job creation, economic development and technology transfer.
Earlier, in his welcome address, Prof Sudhir K Jain, Vice Chancellor of SMVDU, said that the university has infrastructure and potential and the formal technology can do wonders.
Prof S K Joshi, former Director General, CSIR, delivered the keynote address and chaired the round table session. He said that SMVDU has all the ingredients for entrepreneurship.
On the occasion, a national perspective on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Incubation was presented by H K Mittal, Advisor & Member Secretary NSTEDB. He said that SMVDU has ideas, technology, entrepreneurs and what is required is support from TBI.
Prof V Verma, Dean Faculty of Engineering, presented the vision for TBIC and all projects being carried out in SMVDU. He said that 100 incubatees can be produced with the proposed TBIC.
Ajay Khajuria, Registrar of the University, Deans, Directors, faculty members, staff members and students were present on the occasion.
Dr Ashutosh Vashista, the coordinator of the workshop presented the vote of thanks while Dr Sakshi Gupta conducted the proceedings.
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