India, May 8 -- K. Sanjay Murthy, Secretary of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, launched the 'Capacity Building on Design and Entrepreneurship (CBDE)' program via virtual means on Tuesday. The event was attended by department officials, members of the Program Advisory Council for CBDE, industry mentors, representatives from selected Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Prof. Sudhir Varadarajan (Program Director, CBDE), as well as Principal Investigators and Co-Principal Investigators. The meeting saw participation from over 130 attendees via virtual platforms.

During his address, K. Sanjay Murthy emphasized that the program will be driven by collaboration between industry and academia. He noted that industry ex...