more-inKOCHI: Varsities should fulfil their obligation to society through academic excellence and new research findings, Minister for Education C. Raveendranath has said. Speaking after inaugurating the main entrance and solar project at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit at Kalady on Saturday, Mr. Raveendranath stressed the role of research in making society scale the heights. “Universities should take the lead in conducting outstanding research. The Minister also laid the foundation stone for the varsity’s language block and staff quarters. The three-storey building will house the English department on the ground floor and Malayalam and Hindi departments on other floors.

Source: The Hindu January 21, 2017 15:07 UTC