Srinagar, Feb. 24 -- Inaugurates new Girls Hostel at NIT Srinagar

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday called upon educational institutes to develop a specialised workforce that would meet the industry demands and would also be capable of solving local challenges.

Addressing an event at the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, after inaugurating the new girls' hostel here, Sinha, according to an official press release, said that the facility was "dedicated to our daughters who are breaking the barriers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and ready to shape the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem".

"The biggest responsibility of institutions like NIT now is to create a new gene...