Principal secretary, education, Anju Sharma addressing the event in Surat on Monday
Surat: Entrepreneurs and business representatives scorched authorities of higher education institutes for cold-shouldering their offers to employ talented students and an indifferent attitude towards research and development projects.
The burning issues were brought to fore in the first-of-its-kind meeting between the state education department and industry representatives organized at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) on Monday. The meeting was called to discuss issues related to employment generation and promoting start-ups.
Principal secretary, education, Anju Sharma, vice-chancellor of Gujarat University, Himanshu Pandya and other top officials of the department were pounded with concerns by business representatives who slammed the education institutes for their cold approach.