4th SEP2014 :Sikkim Governor Shriniwas Patil inaugurated today the Sri
Ramaswamy Memorial University (SRM) at Chintan Bhawan in Gangtok . He extended
heartfelt greetings to everybody present on the occasion. “Higher education in
India is passing through a phase of unprecedented expansion, marked by an
explosion in the volume of students; hence the enormity of the challenge of
providing equal opportunities of quality education to the ever-growing number
of students is a historic opportunity for correcting sectoral and social
imbalances to ensure a reinvigoration of institutions and extension of the
frontiers of knowledge,” he said.
The governor also said the focus of the 12th Five Year Plan
is to provide equal access to all for quality education. Patil said the Gross
Enrolment Ratio for higher education moved up to 23 per cent in 2013 and the
expectation of people in seeing their aspirations fulfilled is rising every
day. “I would like to point out that the governments, both at thehe centre and
the state, cannot meet the targets of higher education alone. We need more
active participation from private entrepreneurs and global investors,” he said.
The governor further noted, “I am happy to share that SRM
University of Tamil Nadu was ranked the No. 1 private university in India by
‘The Times of India’ recently. I have also learned that the varsity has entered
into collaborations with nearly 40 universities abroad and has initiated
exchange programmes at the faculty and student levels. The Sikkim government,
which enacted a special Act for facilitating the establishment of the SRM
University, expects more of such facilities to be brought here in course of
time for the benefit of Sikkimese students”.
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