Mumbai, Feb 24 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the inauguration of the Birla Institute of Science and Technology (BITS) Pilani’s Campus, at Kalyan in Mumbai on Saturday. (ANI Photo)
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday requested the administration students of BITS Pilani to undertake case studies of 5 rules of the Union authorities’s functioning as regards to governance and administration of the economic system, which she stated wanted to be highlighted.
“You should look at a case study as to how India has come out of Covid, faced two challenging wars (Ukraine-Russia war and the Israel-Gaza war) that are happening simultaneously and overcome the Red Sea piracy-related uncertainties to emerge as the world’s fastest growing economy,” the FM informed students whereas inaugurating the BITS Pilani Mumbai Campus at Kalyan in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
“It should be an interesting case study how a ‘minimum government and maximum governance’ model which we have taken up from 2014 has enabled us to be receptive to public suggestions and met the expectations of the people.”
“Transparency has been the biggest asset in the government and it is completely rid of corruption. We adopted technology and using technology in every transaction we were able to scale up the digital public infrastructure,” she stated.
She stated case studies could also be carried out into the topic of Systems Thinking, whereby the authorities as a complete thinks like an organisation to enhance effectivity; the use of feed again to redress grievances; the output end result monitoring framework of the authorities which screens the end result of each rupee spent and at last the adoption of Japanese enterprise philosophy of Kaizen for relentless supply of Government companies to the poorest of the poor.
The FM stated the Centre was investing in semiconductor applied sciences (by way of manufacturing, designing and packaging) in an enormous manner. “Today there are 3 to 4 states and probably the 5th one is going to come in next few weeks. Semi conductor investments are greatly supported by the government,” she stated.
Stating that “innovative from India and innovate for India” was the motto with which the current authorities had labored, she stated that in the newest finances she had introduced that there can be a corpus of ₹1 lakh crore for a particular function car which might be funding improvements and analysis & improvement actions.
She additionally praised the academic establishment for its pioneering function in nation constructing.
This is the fifth campus of the storied academic establishment which can home its administration college (BITSoM), regulation college (BITSLAW), and design college (BITSDES).
Spread over 63 acres and with an funding of ₹1,500 crore, it’s a future-ready, all-residential campus designed to accommodate 5,000 students at peak capability.
Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chancellor, BITS Pilani, stated, “At BITS, we stand at the precipice of blending India’s rich heritage of education with new-age knowledge systems and modern learning environments. This globally benchmarked campus is a visible marker of India’s growing intellectual prowess and a symbol of BITS Pilani’s whole-hearted embrace of multi-disciplinary education and innovation.”
“I am certain that the new campus will create an enabling environment that sparks creativity, excellence, and collaboration, emerging in the process as a talent factory for New India,” he added.
With a imaginative and prescient to work in direction of a zero-carbon footprint, it has been constructed on a zero-discharge scheme with 100% recycled water utilisation, energy-saving lighting programs and solar energy.
This digital-first campus has state-of-the-art infrastructure for lecture rooms, multimedia studios (together with video and podcast rooms), and a start-up incubation centre. It boasts of 80% open, aesthetically landscaped lush inexperienced areas, and sports activities and recreation amenities for students.
