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DEVELOPMENT POLICY: The President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and the CII President designate, Mr Sunil Mittal, at a CII organised education summit in the Capital on Monday. — Ramesh Sharma

New Delhi May 14 There is a large gap in the availability of skilled manpower and to bridge the gap an interface is needed between the education system and the needs of the economy, said the President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Talented youth

While inaugurating the CII organised education summit on Monday, he said, "At present India has 540 million youth under the age of 25, which will continuously be growing till the year of 2050. During this period, India needs large number of talented youth with higher education for the task of knowledge acquisition, knowledge imparting, knowledge creation and knowledge sharing."

He also said a national policy for creating a "Global development cadre for India" can be evolved through a national team, drawing experts from multiple ministries, education system, economy and various professional associations and societies.

Educational system

Mr Kalam said that the educational system should highlight the importance of entrepreneurship and prepare the students to get oriented towards setting up of enterprises which will provide them creativity, freedom and ability to generate wealth.

Entrepreneurs should produce competitive products for becoming successful in their missions.

Earlier, Mr Sunil Mittal, President Designate, CII, said that his chamber will sign an MoU with the All-India Council of Technical Education based on the recommendations of the CII, collaborated by the study of Indian Council of Research in International Economic Relations.

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