The first Professional Students’ Summit, PSS 2019, will be organised under the aegis of the Higher Education Department and the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) on February 10. The first-of-its-kind initiative will feature a day-long conclave of around 2,000 students, pursuing professional degree programmes under State universities. Theoretical physicist Sandip Trivedi of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research will interact with students on the occasion. Addressing media persons here, Higher Education Minister K.T. Jaleel said the programme was aimed at providing students with academic, entrepreneurial and social orientation.

Source: The Hindu February 07, 2019 19:29 UTC