Tanzania wants to emulate Gujarat

Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda, who is on a day-long visit to Gujarat, on Wednesday said that he wants to emulate the state’s agriculture development and milk cooperative model in his country.

“We are very impressed by various aspects of development by Gujarat especially in cooperative and agriculture sector,” Mr. Pinda told reporters here after meeting Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

“Gujarat has handled irrigation very well and we would like to replicate this model in our country whose economy is also agriculture-based,” he said.

Mr. Pinda is accompanied by a high-level delegation including Tanzania’s Agriculture Security and Cooperative Minister Stefan M Wasira and Minister for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Environment Burhani Saadat Haji.

Meanwhile, CMO officials said the Tanzanian delegation has expressed willingness to extend cooperation with the state in the field of agriculture and cooperative sector.

The meeting also discussed cooperation between Tanzania’s diamond mines and Gujarat-based diamond polishing industry, they said.

Mr. Pinda later visited Amul Dairy, the epicentre of ‘White Revolution’ in the country, in Anand district.

Talking to media persons in Anand, Mr. Pinda said he is also planning to implement the Amul model in Tanzania.

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Chairman of one of the worlds largest petrochemical giants applauds Gujarat's overall development

GIFT- Gujarat International Finance Tech City Gandhinagar

Gujarat - The land of the Legends

Gujarat Eco-Textile Park (GETP) - the first green field project

Union minister for textile Dayanidhi Maran will on Wednesday inaugurate Gujarat Eco-Textile Park

Addressing a press conference on Monday, GETP chairman Girish Luthra said that the park has all features required for sustainable growth of the textile industry. The park has international class amenities and infrastructure set up at the cost of Rs135 crore and the total investment is likely to touch Rs 400 crore.

Around eight textile processing units have already started functioning at GETP and other units including high-tech weaving units, embroidery units and composite units are scheduled to start their operation soon. Luthra said, "Around 33 textile entrepreneurs have agreed to set up facilities in the park. Thus, the park will generate 25,000 direct and indirect jobs in the textile industry."

Gujarat will now pioneer in producing world-class teachers

Chief Minister Narendra Modi has stressed on making Gujarat an epicentre of quality teachers who take up the profession by choice and not due to the lack of alternatives.

Addressing the students of Calorx Teachers University (CTU) on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, Modi announced

the setting up of Indian Institute of Teachers Education (IITE) in Vadodara. It will be the second institute for teaching in the state after CTU.

“Like the setting up of the Indian Institute of Management (at Ahmedabad), Gujarat will now pioneer in producing world-class teachers who would be given handsome salary packages in future,” the CM said.

Former Chief Justice of India P N Bhagwati, who was in Ahmedabad to deliver the Dr K R Shroff Memorial Lecture at the university on the occasion, emphasised on the need for quality teachers at all the levels

Justice Bhagwati spoke on how teachers can shape the future of any country. Stressing that the acute shortage of teachers and western influence on teaching methods is depressing, he said, “Teachers have to make students proud of Indian values and its culture against the onslaught of westernisation.”

Praising Modi for the development in the state, he said: “When I left Gujarat, it was very different than what it is today. Narendrabhai has changed the face of the state. I am delighted to see so much progress under the able leadership of Narendrabhai.”

source: times of India

Microsoft kick-starts state-wide education programme in Gujarat

Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) has launched a statewide educative programme. The programme's first phase kick-started with a workshop at Navrachana University (NU) here on Sunday.

These workshops cover current trends in high-end computing technologies like cloud computing, robotics, game design, web development, 3D imaging, server infrastructure and clustering.

"This is our first programme of the state-wide plan wherein we will cover 10 universities in Gujarat, including MS University. We are also looking to promote collaboration between universities and Microsoft through two major programmes - MSDN Academic Alliance and Live@Edu," said Prakhar Agarwal, MSP programme head in Gujarat.

"Through the workshop, our students get access to software that are not released in the market. They also get to see demonstration of software which gives them hands-on experience on using them for academic purpose," said head of Bachelor in Computer Application programme at NU, Prof Rana Mukhopadhyay.

"This year, our focus is Gujarat so we want to concentrate on meeting and interacting with students from the state. MSDN Academic Alliance gives students access to latest software at low cost which ensures they don't use pirated versions. The other aim of the programme is to provide social infrastructure," added Agarwal.

source: times of india