Daijiworld News Network – Mangalore (SS)

Mangalore, Feb 13: A two-day national conference on ‘Quest for Quality and Excellence in Higher Education Through Industry-Academai Interaction’, will be organized by the Besant Women’s College, commencing from Tuesday February 14, at the T V Raman Pai Convention Centre here.

Allen C A Pereira, general manager (Personal), Syndicate Bank, Manipal, will inaugurate the conference, while Sudha Rao, vice-chancellor, Karnataka State Open University, will render the key note address. K Jagdish Shenoy, president, Women’s National Education Society, will preside.

Addressing press persons on Saturday February 11, Manjula K T, college principal, said that there exists a wide gap between industrialists expectations and skills developed by students as they emerge from educational institutions. If nothing is done about it, consequences will lead to increase in unemployment.  The gap can be reduced by direct involvement of industrialists in the activities of educational institutions and thus can increase the scope for employment of graduates, she added.