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Pranab Mukherjee, President of India is much concerned on the education quality in the country. At the inauguration of the diamond jubilee celebrations and the 26th convocation of Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra he said that India has the third largest start-ups eco-system in the world behind the U.S. and the U.K with 4,200 start-ups. He stressed that higher academic institutions have a clear role to play in refining the entrepreneurial abilities of their students. Entrepreneurial studies can be taught as a course in our institutions.

President said that other support measures like the small industries entrepreneurs’ park of BIT Mesra are needed to prepare students to become job-creators rather than job-seekers. Multiple interventions are necessary. Attracting quality faculty and continuous faculty development is one. If Adjunct faculties from the industry and research institutions are hired they can provide practical orientation to course modules. He also said that by promoting centers of excellence, the core competencies of an institute can be nurtured. 

Pranab Mukherjee said that institutes can also pursue establishment of partnerships with foreign and domestic institutions by signing a Memoranda of Understanding. He said there was a need for giving a boost to start-ups in order to provide a head-start to various innovative activities. Due to facilitated environments that have evolved, the youth today has a greater share for entrepreneurship. He added that creating inter-linkages with other higher education institutions can deliver benefits in terms of resource sharing like academic experts and course material, exchange of students and faculty, scope for research collaboration and sharing of new ideas and best practices.