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Lt Governor inaugurates 8th National Conference & Exhibition on emerging & innovative trends in engineering technology
#JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today inaugurated the 8th National Conference & Exhibition on emerging and innovative trends in engineering technology at the Government College of Engineering and Technology, Chak Bhalwal.
Addressing the gathering of students and technocrats from across the nation, the Lt Governor said the Industry 4.0 technologies and the fourth industrial revolution is driving economic growth and building skills for future jobs.
Extraordinary engineering innovations will not only change our lives but also shape the future to realise socio-economic goal. Rapid adoption of digitisation in many fields of manufacturing & business will ensure smart factories significantly increase output of production lines, said the Lt Governor.
The impact of climate change is also visible in new and extraordinary innovations changing our lives. Industry experts, engineers, academic experts and the platforms like NCEEITET have an important role to invent new tools, new products and future path for prodigious change, the Lt Governor observed.
High performance Industry 4.0 tools, engineering enterprise, technological dynamism to nurture an innovation-driven economy and our resolve to ‘Make in India, Make for the World’ will propel India to the category of advance economy, he added.
The Lt Governor emphasized that today’s engineering education must sync with tomorrow’s industry. In the next 25 years of Azadi Ka Amrit Kaal Khand, the speed of technology evolution will help in achieving sustainable economic, social and environmental goals, he added.
Transformation and new invention in energy, material and information technology in the next 5 years will impact engineering sector. Global energy infrastructure will witness re-engineering and solar and wind will become effective and economically productive energy source, the Lt Governor further added.
The Lt Governor said the engineers will play a critical role to meet the basic needs of the human society and also to create solutions to modern world challenges.
