Imprint India Launched by the President of India at the Visitor’s Conference
Imprint
India Launched by the President of India at the Visitor’s Conference
"Science is Universal but Technology must be Local," says Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
"Science is Universal but Technology must be Local," says Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
The IMPacting Research INnovation and Technology (IMPRINT)
India brochure was released today at the Visitor’s Conference at
Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. ‘IMPRINT India’ is a Pan-IIT and IISc joint
initiative to develop a roadmap for research to solve major engineering and
technology challenges in ten technology domains relevant to India. The brochure
was released by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in the presence of the
President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union HRD Minister Smt Smriti Irani,
MoS for HRD Shri Ram Shanker Katheria and MoS for Chemicals and Fertilisers
Shri Hansraj Ahir. The first copy of the brochure was presented to the
President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The President later launched the
‘IMPRINT’ India.
The President of India said that, if the institutes
of higher learning come together, they can make a difference in a short span of
time to higher education sector in our country. IMPRINT India is synergizing
platform for institutions, academia, industry that encourages research & innovation,
making it socially more relevant. The President appreciated efforts of Ministry
of Human Resources Development with special mention of Global Initiative for
Academic Networks (GIAN) and recently launched National Institutional Ranking
Framework (NIRF). He also added that the New Education Policy (NEP) must alter
the dynamics of the education sector and help us achieve the GER target of 30
percent by 2020, a goal we cannot afford to miss.
In his remarks on the occasion, the Prime Minister
laid stress on the importance of innovation and technology for the progress and
development of the nation. He said institutions of higher education should give
primacy to innovation in learning. He further added that finding solutions to
challenges like global warming and converting waste to wealth were key to the
rise of India. He exhorted institutions of higher learning to focus on areas
such as defense manufacturing. "Science is universal but technology must
be local," the Prime Minister said.
The Union HRD Minister Smt
Smriti Irani while speaking on the occasion said that IMPacting Research INnovation
and Technology(IMPRINT) provides an overarching vision
that guides research into areas that are predominantly socially relevant. She
thanked the Prime Minister at the Visitor’s Conference for sharing his vision
of enabling foreign academicians to come, Teach in India, at government
institutions across the Nation at no added cost to the students under a
programme called ‘GIAN.’ She added that starting this November, in the coming
one year, under GIAN 400 foreign academicians will be welcomed in government
institutions to impart new knowledge to students here and share new teaching
methodologies with faculty.
The Minister further added that the Ministry of Human Resource Development has resolved, with the blessing of the Prime Minister, to build an Indian MOOCS platform which would bring in close to 2.5 lakh hours of e-content on a single platform thereby possibly making it the world’s largest repository of electronic learning resources under a single window. From school education modules of levels 9 to 12 to varied courses in Aerospace Engineering, Biotechnology, Atmospheric Science and languages, ‘SWAYAM’ will ensure universal access to high quality education for every Indian. She gave her sincere thanks to institutions present at the occasion who have confirmed close to 714 courses that will be specially designed for ‘SWAYAM.
Other dignitaries present at the function were Shri
Vinay Sheel Oberoi, Secretary, Higher Education and Secretary to the President
of India, Smt Omita Paul.
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