Nirmal:
Telangana Information Technology and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao has said that the state government under the leadership of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is committed to improve the infrastructure of higher education institutions. Speaking at the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT)-Basar’s fifth convocation ceremony on Saturday, he enthused students with entrepreneurship spirit, and spoke about the plethora of opportunities in the emerging sectors. KTR informed them about the robust innovation ecosystem established by the state government, which includes T-Hub, WE HUB, T-Works, Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) and Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH). The Minister said that Telangana is playing a leading role in facilitating and providing strategic direction to global companies with high-quality human resources.RGUKT has signed an MoU with T-Hub in the presence of the Minister.Explaining to the students about the demand for alternative materials as the existing materials contribute to carbon emission.
, KTR asked them to look at 3D – Digitization, Decarbonization and Decentralization which will present immense opportunities for students in the near future. He requested Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy to introduce a practice school or apprenticeship model so that students get industrial exposure while pursuing academics. Rao said that in association with T-Hub & T-works, RGUKT will be encouraged to offer courses in innovation and entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Aerospace, Smart Materials, Electric Vehicles, Clean Energy, and Holography as a minor course or diploma course in order to be industry ready. On the occasion, he said the promises he made to the university students in September 2022 was implemented. Along with his cabinet colleagues, he ceremoniously distributed laptops to engineering students.
About 2,200 laptops, 1,500 desktops were given away to the engineering, and P1 & P2 students.
The Minister assured that the campus will be supplied with Mission Bhagiratha water. RGUKT will become the first educational institute in the country to meet its energy from renewable sources and not from traditional power, and the campus will get a science block.
He appreciated Sabitha Indra Reddy for the decision to establish a 10-bedded hospital supported by doctors from various specializations.
KTR along with with Education Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy, and Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy presented degrees to the graduating students, and gold medals.
