The Union HRD Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, said on September 29, 2019 that educational hubs in the forefront of scientific and technological innovations had a key role to play in the creation of Naya Bharat envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Delivering the valedictory address as the curtains came down on the 13th edition of Aaruush, a national level Techno-Management Fest organised by the SRM Institute of Science and Technology at its Kattankulathur campus, near Chennai, Dr Pokhriyal said the JaiAnusandhan (Hail Innovation) call given by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a progression from the previous slogans of Jai Jawan Jai Kisan and Jai Vigyan coined by his predecessors Lal Bahadur Shastri and Atal Behari Vajpayee.
“Institutions like SRM Institute of Science and Technology have a pivotal role to play in realising the Jai Anusandhan call,” he said.
SRM founder, chancellor and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Dr T R Paarivendhar said the focus on indigenous research and start-ups at SRMIST was crucial to fulfil the objective unveiled in the draft new educational policy of converting educational institutes into research hubs and Make in India mission that would result in replacement of Made in China and Made in Japan labels on products.
