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The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has said the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, should provide the necessary support system for the industrial renaissance of Eastern India and Bengal.
Addressing the 57th annual convocation and launching of diamond jubilee of IIT-Kharagpur, the Prime Minister, said: “The industrial renaissance of Eastern India and Bengal should start from this soil that has sowed such riches of knowledge and culture in the past.”
IIT- Kharagpur could well provide a fertile breeding ground to drive innovation by creating a strong research and development (R&D) environment and entrepreneurial support systems. Industrial units in the state should focus on research and development (R&D) by working in close collaboration with the faculty and students of IIT-Kharagpur, the Prime Minister said.
SCIENCE PARK
“There is abundant land. If a science park can be created with all the requisite infrastructure, industries can locate their R&D units here. The units can work in close collaboration with the faculty and students. This synergy of talent and enterprise will inevitably create globally competitive products, processes and technologies,” he said.
Earlier in the day, while delivering the Golden Jubilee Lecture at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Calcutta, the Prime Minister said that putting the economy “on the path of rapid growth” would also help Bengal and Kolkata regain their lost glory.
Centre of learning
“It (The future) also augurs well for West Bengal and Kolkata. Kolkata has been a great centre of learning and creativity in the past. It lost that position over several decades.
“However, I sincerely believe that a new sun is rising on our East, and Kolkata can once again regain its glory as India's window to Asia.” Dr. Singh said.
According to the Prime Minister, it was time to “build on the civilisation heritage” and “pool wisdom, knowledge and experience to revitalise West Bengal's economy, polity and society.” This will help the state scale “new heights of human endeavour and achievement in the service of the people” of the country and in the state.
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