Importance of quality education stressed

​Hyderabad: “The face of the Indian Defence sector is changing rapidly with a strong focus on indigenisation and make in India initiative is also gaining steam” said Director General DRDO Dr S Christopher, during seventh Convocation of GITAM University held here on Saturday.

Dr Christopher stressed the need of giving much importance on quality education. He said it was essential for making India stronger by equipping it with world-class defence systems and technologies.

Make in India aims at transforming India into a global hub of manufacturing, whose share in GDP would rise to 25 per cent by 2022. The programme has identified 25 sectors that would get incentives support and has promised to align policies to boost investments in them,” he said. Dr Christopher appealed to the budding engineers graduating at the Convocation to make the country strong by their skills and innovations.

GITAM Vice Chancellor Professor M S Prasada Rao shared the progress report of the university at the event. BTech, MTech and MBA degrees were awarded to 750 graduates, while 19 gold medals were presented to the toppers of both Hyderabad and Bengaluru
campuses.

President medals were awarded to two students, who stood over all toppers. GITAM Pro Vice Chancellors Professor K. Sivaramakrishna, Professor N Sivaprasad and Professor P V Sivapullaiah, Registrar Professor M Potharaju, Bengaluru Campus director Professor K Vijaya Bhakar and members of Board of management and directors were also present at the convocation.