<span style="color: #222222;">Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu has stressed the need to ensure that science and technology improves the quality of our people's lives. Technology advancement is a key decisive factor in the development architecture of a country and youth can play a transformative role when they are properly skilled, motivated and given the right opportunities.  <br />''<br />''He was addressing the 6th Institute Day Celebrations of the Indian Institute Of Technology at Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh today.  <br />''<br />''The Vice President said that more attention should be given to building a stronger academia-industry connection and there is a need to increase the employability of engineering students.<br />''         <br />'' Mr Naidu said, we have had an illustrious past. There was a time when India was known as Vishwa Guru. We have to regain that past glory and make India knowledge and education hub once again, he added.<br />''<br />''The Vice President visited the exhibition at the IIT, Tirupathi premises. Mr Naidu planted a sapling in the IIT campus.<br />''     <br />''Earlier, the Vice President was welcomed by the AP Deputy Chief Minister K. Narayana Swamy and other dignitaries upon his arrival at  Renugunta airport.</span><br />