Trichy: Vice-chancellor of Periyar University, P Kolandaivel on Thursday said that India can improve its Global Innovation Index (GII) ranking through quality education.He was speaking at the graduation day organised by Anna University's Trichy regional office for university colleges of engineering at Trichy (Bharathidasan Institute of Technology campus), Ariyalur, Pattukottai and Thirukkuvalai, where he was invited as the chief guest. Vice-chancellor of Anna University, M K Surappa presided over the event.While delivering his address, Kolandaivel spoke about why it was important for engineers to take innovation more seriously. Citing India’s rank as 57th most innovative nation in the world, Kolandaivel said that the country hasn’t been good enough in terms of innovation.“We’re placed 60th in the GII rankings (57th, according to the latest rankings). We’ve not been very good innovators. We can improve it only through quality education. Engineers could contribute a lot to it,” Kolandaivel said.A total of 1,905 undergraduate students and postgraduate students of the four colleges received their degrees during the event. Apart from this, two state rank holders were felicitated with mementos, 32 university toppers were awarded with gold medals and 13 college rank holders were awarded with certificates.

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