<p>Inaugurating the three-day Karnataka State Science and Technology Conference - 2010, he said economic advisers to the Prime Minister kept harping on the country reaching a GDP growth of 10 per cent in the next three years, but that will not last if prominence is not given to science and education.<br /><br />He pointed out that by 2022, lakhs of students would be completing their schooling and the country will require around 3,000 universities and 20,000 colleges.</p>
<p>Inaugurating the three-day Karnataka State Science and Technology Conference - 2010, he said economic advisers to the Prime Minister kept harping on the country reaching a GDP growth of 10 per cent in the next three years, but that will not last if prominence is not given to science and education.<br /><br />He pointed out that by 2022, lakhs of students would be completing their schooling and the country will require around 3,000 universities and 20,000 colleges.</p>