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00:00centres and centres of excellence. These centres are expected to spearhead research in cutting-edge

00:07areas facilitating the growth of new knowledge in essential areas. Genomics, Ayurveda, nanotechnology,

00:17One Health, astrophysics, graphene technology, neurosciences, etc. are some areas in which

00:25we have already started centres of excellence. The transformations we have aimed at also

00:34requires infrastructural investment. Since more research facilities have to be established in

00:40our institutions of higher learning, the government has spent 1,844 crores through

00:50KIFBI, 2,718 crores through the state plan, and another 212.8 crores as state's share of

01:01RUSA fund of 532 crores for infrastructure development in the universities and colleges.

01:09More laboratories and instrumentation centres have already been established and more are in

01:16the pipeline. More than 150 crores have already been sanctioned to build international hostels

01:24and translational research facilities in various university campuses. We have plans to establish

01:33more inter-university centres of excellence also. Through PMUSHA project, where the central

01:41government and the state government will be sharing project cost in 60 to 40 ratio,

01:49we expect to have projects of 405 crores for various campuses. During the tenure of this

01:59government, we have started 78 new colleges and 866 new courses, most of them are new generation

02:09courses. Availability of seats has been dramatically increased in all sectors, including

02:16engineering and other professional programs. The quantitative changes pave the way for quality

02:24enhancement initiatives, including the induction of AI-assisted teaching and learning, a fully

02:32automated enterprising resource planning system, revamping and updating of syllabi on a regular

02:40basis, constant and consistent faculty training and exploration of new research and pedagogic

02:48avenues. We see the reflection of these qualitative changes in the grades and rankings achieved by our

02:58institutions in NAC accreditation process and NIRF ranking. Kerala University and DMG University

03:07bagged A+++. Three universities, including Twizat, bagged A+. And our universities are neatly placed

03:19in international rankings also. Even though we have succeeded in implementing the first stage

03:25of reforms suggested by the commissions, we are both saddened and enraged by the attempts of the

03:33central government and its organs like the UGC to devalue, undermine and obliterate the state's role

03:43by blowing up and placing the chancellor above the state, forgetting that the chancellor is a creation

03:51of the state's legislature. Let me take this opportunity to assure you that we shall overcome

03:59these hurdles and tirelessly strive to give a qualitatively as well as quantitatively advanced

04:08higher education to the next generation. As we have almost completed the first stage of reforms

04:15in the higher education sector, it is very urgent to trace the future path of second stage of

04:22reforms. Our intention is to make Kerala's higher education sector to be more attractive to both

04:30domestic and foreign students. For this, we have to forge new strategies. We have to provide

04:38world-class infrastructure and the latest academic methodologies. We have to ensure

04:45brain gain instead of brain drain. For this purpose, I seek the support, suggestions, collaborations

04:55and advices of all the esteemed personalities who participate.