Arjun Singh promises IIM for AP

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Hyderabad, June 16 (UNI) Union Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh today promised to sanction premier Indian Institute of Management (IIM) to Andhra Pradesh during the XI Plan.

Responding to a request from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy for an IIM in Coastal Andhra, the Union Minister, who inaugurated the All India Council for Technical Education South Central Regional Office said ''Andhra Pradesh will earn an IIM by its own right.'' Mr Singh expressed confidence the state would be in the forefront in the country in realising the dream of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to make India a technologically advanced nation even as Dr Reddy described the steps taken by his government to turn the state into a knowledge hub.

India's capacity to use innovation had been clearly established, he said while stressing on the need for using technological advancements for the betterment of the people at large.

Youth, who accounted for more than half of India's population, deserved equity in access to education and better opportunities to empower the country, Mr Singh said.

Noting the state education ministers were alive to the responsibility in improving educational opportunities, he promised all help to them.

Recalling the past glory of great institutions of learning including Nalanda, which were thronged by scholars from different parts of the world, the Union Minister said the Centre would recreate the educational facilities in Nalanda and other places to regain the past glory.

Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development D Purandreswari called for a tripartite arrangement between the Government, the Universities and industry for meeting the technical manpower requirement of the industry.

Hardly 25 per cent of the students passing out from educational instiutions were employable as such, she noted, adding the AICTE had a long way to go in meeting the market requirement for employable graduates.

UNI

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