Technology can democratise education, stronger industry connect essential for employment : TN Minister at CII Edu-Tech expo

Chennai, Sep 24 (UNI) The second edition of the three-day CII Edu-Tech Expo began on Thursday with the release of a White Paper on bridging India's employability gap and Tamil Nadu Minister for Higher Education P Viswanathan observing that technology can democratise education while stressing that stronger industry connect was essential for employment. The inaugural session of the Conference, themed "Powering Education with Technology," also witnessed the release of the White Paper on "Closing the Employability Gap: Role of Technology in Building the Academia-Industry Bridge in Indian Higher Education." Delivering the inaugural address, the Minister said "Every student in our…