Leveraging Community Engagement of Education Institutions for Technology Promotion

Abstract

This article highlights the potential of educational institutions in promoting Science & Technology-based entrepreneurial solutions to communities as part of their community engagement. Students and faculty of education institutions spread across the country are better equipped to disseminate and promote technology as part of their community engagement than any other institutions on the ground. Unfortunately, the enormous potential of the vast network of educational institutions present in the country at the moment remains largely untapped. This note provides some examples which can be considered and the way forward to establish an appropriate model of technology promotion through educational institutions.