Chandigarh, October 18, 2024: Haryana Governor Shri Bandaru Dattatraya on Friday inaugurated Chandigarh University’s annual tech fest - Tech Invent-2024, India’s biggest tech event which brings together young minds from all over the country to create and innovate.
In his address, Governor Bandaru Dattatraya, who was the Chief Guest, said: “Tech events like Tech Invent-2024 organised by Chandigarh University will play an important role in building a vibrant nation. Such tech fests help to promote interaction and collaboration and provide valuable insights on emerging trends in various fields.”

The Haryana Governor said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, India is leaving no stone unturned to take maximum advantage of technological advancement and upgradation in every important sector.
“From health to education, defense to agriculture, concrete efforts are being made for technological intervention. These are not only creating more employment, increasing trade, but also helping people to make their lives easier,” he said.
“Technological development should be in line with human needs, which is happening very well in our country today. Today, under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi ji, we are continuously moving ahead in the use of Artificial Learning, Automation, Intelligence, Machine Robotic Edge Process Computing, Quantum Computing, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Block chain, Internet of Things, 5G, and Cyber Security,” he said.
“Today India has the third largest startup ecosystem in the world with more than 100 Unicorns. India is poised to match global standards in Quantum, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. In some ways, it is even ahead of others,” the Haryana Governor said, while urging the students to become job creators, and not just job seekers.

With nearly 20,000 registrations from over 1500 top-ranked universities and educational institutions like IITs, NITs, IIITs and IIMs across the country, the two-day national level spectacular extravaganza at Chandigarh University campus is witnessing an impressive turnout of students from diversify fields of Engineering, Management, Mass Communication, Hotel Management, Fine Arts, Law, Science and Technology, Fashion designing, Industrial Design, and Architecture from all over India.

Rajya Sabha Member and Chandigarh University Chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu said: “Education has three major components that include curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. These all are equally important, but I believe that co-curricular activities play the most important role in shaping a student's future.”
“We are privileged that for a third consecutive time, people of the nation reposed faith in the strong and visionary leadership of PM Narendra Modi. Our PM has not only shown us dreams but he led from the front and demonstrated how those dreams can be turned into reality,” he said.