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GANDHINAGAR, OCT 25
Stating that India was indeed on its way to becoming the ‘Vishwaguru’ (world leader), Gujarat Education Minister Jitu Vaghani on Monday said that the state government is going to bring drastic changes and improvement in the policies related to education and start-ups.
કર્ણાવતી યુનિવર્સિટી ખાતે Defence Design & Technology incubator of India અને Karnavati Innovation & Incubation foundation નું ઉદ્ઘાટન કરવામાં આવ્યું. pic.twitter.com/22TMiOAozR
— Jitu Vaghani (मोदी का परिवार) (@jitu_vaghani) October 25, 2021
He was speaking at the inauguration of the Defence Design & Technology Incubator of India (DDTII) at the Karnavati University in Gandhinagar.
“You will be amazed at the drastic changes the Gujarat government will be bringing in the education sector in a couple of months. Not only are we going to raise the amount of the incentives to the students but also we are bringing in big changes in the policies. The government wants to hold hands of each student, right from standard 6 onwards, those who want to do something,” said Vaghani.
“One thing is certain that we are on the way to become the ‘Vishwaguru’ under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he said.
- The government wants to hold hands of each student, right from standard 6 onwards, those who want to do something: Education Minister Jitu Vaghani
- The Karnavati university has also allocated fund of Rs 50 lakh for start-ups: Dr Nishit Pandya, the director, DDTII
“The start-up policy was started in 2017 and we will form a new policy in 2022. As part of the policy, we will increase the allocation given to universities for supporting student start-ups. Through the policy, we will support all forms of student innovations under ‘Mind to Market’ initiative,” added Vaghani.
The incubator is promoted under Defence Design & Technology Incubator of India Foundation which is a not-for-profit company registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.
“Defence is a very closed sector. Selling your product to the Armed Forces is a different thing. We will give the students the customer connect. We have good connect with the service headquarters of the armed forces with PSUs like HAL, BHEL. We will bring the start-ups closer to these customers. We will be the nodal agency to do that,” said Dr Nishit Pandya, the director, DDTII.
“We already have 4 mentors on-board, we plan to have hundred mentors by the next year. We are planning to have Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with defence companies. We are already in talks with Adani Defence, L&T Defence, Tata advance systems,” added Pandya.
“We are also intending to connect with the national level funding agencies like IDEX, TDF from DRDO. These agencies have special funding for defence. The Karnavati university has also allocated fund of Rs 50 lakh for start-ups,” added Pandya.
