Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development inaugurated a national roundtable conference on government industry [artnership for setting up theme-based innovation institutes in New Delhi. The Ministry of Human Resource Development along with All India Council for Technical Education [AICTE] and Confederation of Indian Industry [CII] has organised the two-day conference.
The conference is to stimulate discussion between industry players and ministries on setting up of theme -based innovation institutes, which would do research and development in its area of specialisation, enter into a twining and collaborative programme with other universities/ institutes/research organisations.
These institutes should be different from regular degree providing institutes and should admit trained people across discipline to do research and innovation leading to the award of PhD degree in specific sectors.
These institutes will be fully autonomous, independent and will focus entirely on research and innovation.
The conference is to stimulate discussion between industry players and ministries on setting up of theme -based innovation institutes, which would do research and development in its area of specialisation, enter into a twining and collaborative programme with other universities/ institutes/research organisations.
These institutes should be different from regular degree providing institutes and should admit trained people across discipline to do research and innovation leading to the award of PhD degree in specific sectors.
These institutes will be fully autonomous, independent and will focus entirely on research and innovation.