Minister for IT, BT, Science and Technology C.N. Ashwath Narayan has emphasised the need for industry-academia collaboration with regard to promoting research and development and entrepreneurship so as to ensure economic growth of the country.
Speaking at the ‘Roundtable of CEOs’ held on the eve of ‘Techceleration-2002’ on Sunday night, Dr. Narayan said that the United States of America should be taken a model in this regard.
Elaborating on the initiatives taken so far through the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), he said that the government had set up KDEM to work as a facilitator between industry and government.
