In his remarks at the end of the first day of Visitor's Conference, held for the first time at Rashtrapati Bhawan and attended by vice chancellors of universities, directors of National Institute of Technology and captains of Indian industries, he said he was happy that he had found resonance among the education institutions to strive hard for international rankings.
"If we provide enough funds to top 10 to 15 institutions for the next 4-5 years, I am confident that these institutions will storm into the top 100 of global academic rankings within next few years," he said in his remarks.
Pitching for more world-class institutes, Mukherjee said apart from giving the nation, the institutions, its students and its alumni a sense of pride, a high rank can help attract quality faculty and meritorious students, open fresh avenues of growth and placement for students, and provide a benchmark for continuous improvement in standards.
Recalling his earlier speeches, he said he had called upon the universities to establish links with grass-roots innovators.
"The response has been very encouraging. Over 60 central institutions have started innovation clubs to provide a platform for interaction between the academic community and grassroots innovators.
He favoured creating more synergy between the activities of these clubs with innovation incubators located in technical institutes like IITs and NITs to create an innovation network.
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