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Published: February 22, 2009

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 22: Making more investment in scientific and technological research is the key component to ensure the progress of the country when it is emerging as a world power, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Vayalar Ravi said today.

After laying the foundation stone for the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Vithura near here, Ravi said students and the academic community should take more interest in research programmes.

The young generation should not see education as a mere medium for finding jobs. Truly talented students should concentrate their energy in researches in science and technology, he said.

State Education Minister M A Baby, who presided, said it was regrettable the Centre was yet to implement its promise of setting up an Indian Institute of Technology in Kerala.

Shortly after the UPA came to power, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had promised that an IIT would be set up in Kerala. This promise was still unfulfilled, he said.

The IISER being set up in Vithura is the fifth such institute in the country. The institution is expected to receive Rs 100 crore as annual grant from the Centre.

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