Generating suitable employability should be priority for IIT alumni: DoNER Minister
Updated: Sep 10, 2015 12:01:10pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (KNN) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said generating suitable employability for themselves and others rather than simply getting a job placement should be the priority for all those who pass out from institutions like IIT.
Singh was addressing a conclave of IIT Alumni Association where he also released a Coffee Table Book on IIT Delhi written by President of IIT Delhi Alumni Association, Deepak Dogra.
He emphasised that the IIT alumni are spread all over the world and they have also diversified into different fields of activity, profession and entrepreneurship.
He said it is a challenge to streamline the process of diversification so that even after having received the best of the technical training and expertise, the young talent should not remain under-utilized by taking up jobs which are not equal to their expertise but lure them simply for monetary considerations.
Invoking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for “Start-up India Stand-up India”, Singh said that IITs and other such institutions can effectively lead 21st century’s “Start-up India” mission.
Referring to IITs as monuments of contemporary India and its alumni as world ambassadors of contemporary India, Singh said the responsibility of those who pass out from an IIT is confined not only to their alma-matter but in fact to the entire nation as participants in the “Make in India” dream.
He also informed that he had suggested to the then Director IIT Delhi Shevgaonkar to set up a Biotechnology cell under the aegis of IIT in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology.
The Director of IIT Delhi, Kshitij Gupta and eminent IIT alumni including RS Pawar were also present on the occasion. (KNN Bureau)
Singh was addressing a conclave of IIT Alumni Association where he also released a Coffee Table Book on IIT Delhi written by President of IIT Delhi Alumni Association, Deepak Dogra.
He emphasised that the IIT alumni are spread all over the world and they have also diversified into different fields of activity, profession and entrepreneurship.
He said it is a challenge to streamline the process of diversification so that even after having received the best of the technical training and expertise, the young talent should not remain under-utilized by taking up jobs which are not equal to their expertise but lure them simply for monetary considerations.
Invoking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for “Start-up India Stand-up India”, Singh said that IITs and other such institutions can effectively lead 21st century’s “Start-up India” mission.
Referring to IITs as monuments of contemporary India and its alumni as world ambassadors of contemporary India, Singh said the responsibility of those who pass out from an IIT is confined not only to their alma-matter but in fact to the entire nation as participants in the “Make in India” dream.
He also informed that he had suggested to the then Director IIT Delhi Shevgaonkar to set up a Biotechnology cell under the aegis of IIT in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology.
The Director of IIT Delhi, Kshitij Gupta and eminent IIT alumni including RS Pawar were also present on the occasion. (KNN Bureau)
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