‘Create employment generators’
Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has stressed on the need for having an education system that produces employment generators and not employment seekers. Speaking to students at the 54th Foundation Day celebrations of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), Dr Kalam said that to achieve this, a three-pronged strategy needed to be adopted that would make education attractive, make it skill-imparting and create employment potential.
Elaborating on the strategies, Dr Kalam said that the education system needed to get students oriented towards setting up enterprises that will foster creativity, freedom and ability to generate wealth. Secondly, he was of the opinion that the banking system should provide venture capital to graduates who have aptitude and keenness to create their own enterprises, and thirdly, such entrepreneurs should produce competitive products for becoming successful in their endeavours.
Dr Kalam further added that the IIT curriculum should provide market research support for selection of right products and provide support to the entrepreneur till they can become independent. Reiterating his stand on encouraging research and innovation Dr Kalam said, “The teachers’ love for research and their experience in research are vital for the growth of the institution. Experience of research leads to quality teaching and quality teaching imparted to the young in turn enriches the research.”
He added“Technology is the non-linear tool available to humanity, which can affect fundamental changes in the ground rules of economic competitiveness.”
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Jolly LLB team meets law minister
New Delhi, March 11: The team of upcoming film Jolly LLB met minister of law Ashwani Kumar on Monday to put forth the demands of young lawyers who the makers met while promoting the film. Actors Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani, who play lawyers in the film, along with director Subhash Kapoor, met the Union minister to submit a three-point memorandum regarding problems faced by junior lawyers.
“I went to a Mumbai law college and saw the plight of our young lawyers and thought we should meet the law minister and tell him about the situation,” said Warsi.
The memorandum highlighted three problems — loans or credit cards denied to young lawyers due to lack of fixed income; need to define a minimum remuneration for them to survive; better amenities for beginners at courts including access to libraries.
Accepting their charter of demands, the law minister said, “I would like to thank Arshad, Boman and the director of the film for delving into a very important issue through the medium of cinema. I will try my best as the law minister to do whatever it takes so that younger lawyers are groomed into becoming important actors in the legal fraternity.”
—PTI
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