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Universities should work out a road map for future-ready J&K: Dr Mehta

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July 18, 2023
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SRINAGAR, JULY 18: In a 2-day workshop organised by the J&K Planning, Development & Monitoring Department for administration and academia, Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today stressed on the fact that there is absolutely no scope for those who would lag behind in adopting technological advances like Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Metaverse etc.

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The Chief Secretary took this occasion to impress upon the participating Academics and  Officers to understand that the future would entirely be driven by those who embrace the changes. He said that there would be a stark contrast between the ‘Tech haves’ and ‘Tech Have-nots’ and the later’s technological superiority would a key driver. He asked the Universities of the UT to come up with a roadmap to embrace these changes with openness and rationality.

Dr Mehta made out that every aspect of life be it teaching-learning, administration, entertainment, agriculture, commerce and industry will  undergo a sea of change that even can’t be imagined today. He reiterated that the technology lag is ill affordable and needs to be addressed before it is too late. He noted that the birth of tools like Metaverse, Block Chain, Augmented & Virtual Reality or for that matter the coming of Extended Reality are going to pose challenges in each facet of our lives. He added that if we are caught unprepared, we shall have to suffer.

The Chief Secretary maintained that each of the Department or Institution should embed it in their plans to have both short-term, medium term  and long-term goals by reimagining their future challenges and corresponding solutions. He cautioned the participants about challenges like Cryptocurrency and crime world of Dark Net and told them to build safeguards against these right away.

He pointed out that J&K has shown capacity to leapfrog and unshackle itself towards brighter future.  He said that in IT sector,  the UT has done a commendable job in the last one and a half years and the momentum gave us a happier community excelling in every sphere of life.

Former Secretary Ministry of Corporate Affairs GoI, Anurag Goel who participated as an expert in the Workshop gave a brief about the workshop structure and the process. He complimented the Jammu and Kashmir administration for achieving remarkable milestones during the last few years.

During his presentation , Mr Goel threw light on different kinds of advancements made world over in the fields of Science and Technology. He exhorted  upon all to foresee the future to prepare for it. He observed that the future challenges beyond the near timeframe are quite difficult to fathom.

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By showing an array of educational videos and presentations he acquainted the audience about the fact that future is going to be steered by those having hold over the data and digital technology. He emphasised on having own version of Artificial Intelligence for India that would best meet its needs and expectations.

He also talked at length about the future concepts of Education and Educational Institutions with the emergence of concepts like Personalized Learning,  Prompt Engineers etc. He asked for readiness for impact of bioengineering and exponential technologies like Quantum Computing, Mixed Reality, Cloud Computing, IoT, Robotics, and Nanotechnology. He asked for having a ‘strategic foresight’ in order to achieve ‘preferred future’ in couple of decades from now.

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