Need to develop infrastructure in SAARC nations: Dhillon
Monday, 09/09/2013
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Chandigarh : Developing infrastructure in SAARC countries was the need of the hour, said Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Minister for Public Works Department, Punjab, while addressing the delegates of the 12th Apex Body meet of SAARC Diploma Engineers Forum here today.
Over 150 delegates, including 44 representatives from abroad, exchanged technical know-how and expertise at the meet that concluded today.
Several workshops were held on infrastructure development, water resource management, regional power grid systems development and climate change and environment protection.
Mohammad Shamsur Rehman, Secretary General (Bangladesh), SDEF, said South Asia was emerging as a hub of technological innovation.
While presenting a report of the All India Federation of Diploma Engineers, RK Singh, Secretary General, SDEF, spoke about the objectives of the forum that represents 4.5 lakh engineers. He said there was a need to raise the basic qualification for admission to diploma engineering courses from Class X to Class XII. This proposal is lying pending with the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Though the Parliamentary Committee has decided to raise the entry qualification, AICTE has ignored it.
