First-ever ‘Industry Day’ at IIT Delhi

IIT Delhi (Files)

The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi Saturday held its first Industry Day to encourage collaboration between industries and the academia.

The chief guest, NITI Aayog member V K Saraswat, said there was a gap between the industry and the academia. “The capabilities of the industry are not known to academics… The academics don’t know what the industry wants. I think it should be mandatory for a professor, whose career span is 30-35 years, to spend 4-5 years in the industry and get the picture on how it is performing, what are its needs, etc, and bring back valuable information to students,” he said.

Discussions on defence, affordable healthcare, environment and smart cities were held at the event. Scientist Anil Kakodkar and Kunal Khanna from CIPLA were among the speakers.