NGP Institute of Technology inaugurated
R. Radhakrishnan, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, Coimbatore, Rural Industries Minister Pongalur N. Palanisamy, Nalla G. Palanisamy, Chairman, KMCH, S.V. Balasubramanian, Chairman, Bannari Amman Group and Thavamani Palanisamy, Vice-Chairperson, KMCH at the inauguaration of the NGP Institute of Technology in the city on Saturday. The number of colleges in the State and the country should increase.It is a good sign that many new colleges are coming up, Rural Industries Minister Pongalur N. Palanisamy said here on Saturday.Inaugurating the NGP Institute of Technology, he said that though the growth in the number of colleges was a positive sign, the watchword should be quality. It was not on the basis of the number of colleges that the standard of education was assessed, but quality. “Out of the five lakh engineering graduates who come out from colleges, 80,000 are from Tamil Nadu. There are 221 engineering colleges in the State. In the Arts and Science category, there are 60 Government, 133 aided and 306 private colleges. The number has to increase”, the Minister said.Stressing the point on quality, he said: “Now there are only a few colleges which are good. The rest of the colleges should scale up to achieve high standards to produce quality graduates.”
Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Coimbatore, R. Radhakrishnan, said that in the next three years the university would give affiliation to many more colleges. “The university will stress on an interactive learning environment rather than a teaching one. The 20-80 per cent for internal-external assessment marks break-up will be changed to 50-50. The internal 50 marks will include 30 for tests in subjects, 10 for communication skills and 10 for group discussion”.Youth should not look to the Government for jobs. No Government could provide 100 per cent jobs.
It was for the youth to develop the self-confidence in the course of their study to go out and pick the best jobs, he said. The university would set up a Training Park and Research Park in its premises. S.V. Balasubramanian, Chairman, Bannari Amman Group, said engineers were creators of wealth. He exhorted students to study well, learn the skill, implement well what they would learn, work hard and persevere to achieve their goals. Nalla G. Palanisamy, Chairman, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) and Thavamani Palanisamy, Vice-Chairperson, KMCH, spoke.
