Kerala CM’s dream initiative 'Professional students conclave' to be held at CUSAT
Laxmi Ajai Prasanna | TNN | Feb 9, 2019, 21:46 IST
KOCHI: Pegged as the dream initiative of the Kerala Chief Minister (CM) Pinarayi Vijayan, a first of its kind `Professional Students conclave’ will be held at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) on Sunday, to utilise their ideas to Rebuild Kerala. CM will also lay the foundation stone on Sunday at 6 pm for a full-fledged six-storey `Academic Block’ for frontline research in CUSAT campus.
Over 2500 student representatives from 12 branches including engineering, technology, law, agriculture, medicine, pharmacy and management are expected to participate in the conclave. Innovative ideas elicited from students and faculty at the conclave will be utilised in the mission to Rebuild Kerala. It could be in reconstruction, water quality monitoring, managing sediments and wetlands, CUSAT vice-chancellor R Sasidharan told TOI.
“A first of its kind Professional students conclave, it is the brainchild of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his dream initiative that evolved as an offshoot of the meeting he had with CUSAT professionals abroad in the wake of Kerala floods,” he said. CM will also lay the foundation stone for a full-fledged Academic block in the campus on Sunday.
“Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) has assured Rs 240 crore funding for the Academic Block project including Rs 100 crore for the building and remaining for equipment. Building work will begin with the CM laying the foundation stone for the project on Sunday,” CUSAT registrar Prof. KN Madhusudanan said. The academic block will be a six-floor centralised facility with computing centre, lecture rooms, conference halls, labs with all latest research equipment to set global standards in frontline research. It will help in joint and interdisciplinary research across departments, he said.
Post floods, CUSAT campus had six camps accommodating 11000 affected people were served food with the support of Indian Navy, students and faculty of the campus. Now an extension centre in Marine sciences is planned to be set up to ensure direct connect with the affected people and to offer solutions in livelihood component of rebuilding Kerala, CUSAT vice-chancellor said.
Over 2500 student representatives from 12 branches including engineering, technology, law, agriculture, medicine, pharmacy and management are expected to participate in the conclave. Innovative ideas elicited from students and faculty at the conclave will be utilised in the mission to Rebuild Kerala. It could be in reconstruction, water quality monitoring, managing sediments and wetlands, CUSAT vice-chancellor R Sasidharan told TOI.
“A first of its kind Professional students conclave, it is the brainchild of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his dream initiative that evolved as an offshoot of the meeting he had with CUSAT professionals abroad in the wake of Kerala floods,” he said. CM will also lay the foundation stone for a full-fledged Academic block in the campus on Sunday.
“Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) has assured Rs 240 crore funding for the Academic Block project including Rs 100 crore for the building and remaining for equipment. Building work will begin with the CM laying the foundation stone for the project on Sunday,” CUSAT registrar Prof. KN Madhusudanan said. The academic block will be a six-floor centralised facility with computing centre, lecture rooms, conference halls, labs with all latest research equipment to set global standards in frontline research. It will help in joint and interdisciplinary research across departments, he said.
Post floods, CUSAT campus had six camps accommodating 11000 affected people were served food with the support of Indian Navy, students and faculty of the campus. Now an extension centre in Marine sciences is planned to be set up to ensure direct connect with the affected people and to offer solutions in livelihood component of rebuilding Kerala, CUSAT vice-chancellor said.
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