‘Only technology-supported growth can bring development’

Commissioner of Police Shailesh Kumar Yadav, right, releasing the ICTACT’s bridge papers and the first copy being received by M.Sivakumar, CEO, ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu, in Tiruchi on Wednesday. Photo: B.Velankanni Raj

Technology should focus on service and manufacturing sectors and produce quality products to compete in the international market. Academics and technologists should work on a plan so as to make Indian products globally competitive, said Shailesh Kumar Yadav, Commissioner of Police.

Inaugurating the industry-institute interaction organised by the ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu here on Wednesday, Mr. Yadav said that the country’s GDP growth largely relied on the industrial growth.

The example set by China for promoting hydel power dams as tourist attraction could be emulated in our country for stepping up our economy.

Since technology-supported growth alone would bring about a permanent development, he underlined the importance of making products which would attract the international market.

M. Sivakumar, Chief Executive Officer, ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu, said that this was ICTACT’s 16th edition of the bridge series of conferences focussing on technology, connecting academics and industry leaders to discuss on emerging technology trends, technology gap issues and to enable educators in achieving excellence through the application of technology.

Pointing out that the state colleges produced brilliant students with extraordinary academic skill, but lagging in effective communication. To tide over this hurdle, ICTACT Youth Circles would be floated in all engineering colleges across the state.

Ashok Maharaj, Game Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services, said that students’ ability in digital foot prints would be considered for recruitments in future with a focus on their participation in language lounge and aspire technology lounge. This, he said, would go a long way in helping students especially those who lacked communication skill.

Earlier, Mr. Yadav released the ICTACT’s bridge papers and the first copy was received by Mr. Sivakumar.

Later, a series of technical sessions were held in which representatives of managements of various private engineering colleges interacted with the industrial leaders.