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The West Bengal government will revamp the existing advisory councils for the development of science and technology in the state. It will seek inputs from scholars and professors of institutions like Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics for this, Science and Technology Minister Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay said.

"The advisory councils for the development of science and technology do exist in the state but we are planning to revamp those councils it to make it more effective,” said the minister.

Chattopadhyay said that the state government has sought help from the World Bank to make a roadmap for the development of technical education in the state.

"We will appoint professors from IITs to head the advisory committee on technical education," he said at the sidelines of a programme of Merchants' Chamber of Commerce (MCC).

"We are planning to bring out good skill hands from exiting technical education centres with good training. We are also planning to make several technical education centre in the state," Chattopadhyay added.

Source: igovernment