BANGALORE: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday urged students and professors at a government engineering college to be the first to implement the state's new Research and Development (R&D) policy.
After inaugurating the renovated buildings and laying the foundation stone for the new Mechanical Engineering block, the Chief Minister addressed the students and teachers of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE). "The state government is upgrading seven government engineering colleges to IIT levels to demonstrate to the nation that Karnataka is the state that produces the nation's most skilled youth," said Bommai.
"Karnataka is proud to be the home for the biggest number of Startups and Unicorns," the Chief Minister remarked, referring to the knowledge era. "The 105-year-old UVCE has played a significant role in Karnataka's prosperity," he remarked. The Chief Minister urged the students to soar high with the power of knowledge like a swan, the vehicle of Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge.
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