Four new facilities that are expected to benefit students, researchers, and budding entrepreneurs were launched on the University of Calicut campus at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district on Tuesday.
They are a students’ service hub, a new building for the Internal Quality Assurance Cell-Directorate of Research, a Technology Business Incubator at the university’s Institute of Engineering and Technology, and a Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Inaugurating the facilities, Minister for Public Works and Tourism P.A. Mohamed Riyas said that the universities in Kerala were playing a key role in preserving secular values at a time some other higher educational institutions in the country were facilitating riots by communalising education and undermining history. Mr. Riyas said the proposal to develop a hub for industrial and tech-related ventures at Chenakkal on the university campus and construct a road from there to the Calicut International Airport could be considered.
