Education should build character: Nirmala
VELLORE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 00:00 IST
Crowning glory:Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the gold medal and certificate to a student at the 33rd annual convocation of the VIT University in Vellore on Saturday; G. Viswanathan, Chancellor, is also seen.
VELLORE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 00:00 IST
Crowning glory:Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the gold medal and certificate to a student at the 33rd annual convocation of the VIT University in Vellore on Saturday; G. Viswanathan, Chancellor, is also seen.
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Appeals to graduands to enter public service and contribute towards nation-building
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said education should build character, inspiring students to contribute to society.
Delivering the 33rd convocation address at the VIT University in Vellore, she quoted Swami Vivekananda to say that education should enable one to stand on one’s feet. Pre-colonial India was an enterprising society that prioritised education, she added.
“Enterprise was not alien to us. We were not just looking for jobs: again, a trait which has come into this country thanks to our colonial past and thanks to the first 50 years of horrible socialism....That licence inspector Raj of the first 50 years of our Independence has changed the character of our economy or what we are, inherently. We are very free-thinking individuals, which is why our democracy is noisy,” she said. She urged the graduands to enter public service and contribute to nation-building as new avenues open up. “Coming from defence, I am under the impression that no longer will wars be fought just on the borders,” she said.
‘Liberate Saraswathi’
Earlier, VIT University chancellor G. Viswanathan called for deregulation of the education sector. “In 1991, the new economic policy was introduced, and deregulation happened in industry and business which has not yet happened in education. ‘Lakshmi’ was liberated in 1991; even after 27 years, ‘Saraswathi’ is in chains. We want to request the Minister....to liberate ‘Saraswathi’, we want her help,” he said.
Responding to this, Ms. Sitharaman said: “The bureaucracy, which, as I said, were glorified clerks as officers, who were trained to run this country have got so used to this chaining…That is the chain the government under this Prime Minister wants to break. Eventually, the chains on education, too.”
In his address, Viji Santhanam, chairman and managing director of TVS Brakes India, recalled his father, the founder of Sundaram Finance, as saying, “When you go into the community, you have an obligation and moral responsibility to give back to the community, which has helped you grow.”
Gold medals were presented to 54 candidates. Degree certificates were given away to 6,277 candidates, including those of 257 who completed their Ph.D.
Appeals to graduands to enter public service and contribute towards nation-building
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said education should build character, inspiring students to contribute to society.
Delivering the 33rd convocation address at the VIT University in Vellore, she quoted Swami Vivekananda to say that education should enable one to stand on one’s feet. Pre-colonial India was an enterprising society that prioritised education, she added.
“Enterprise was not alien to us. We were not just looking for jobs: again, a trait which has come into this country thanks to our colonial past and thanks to the first 50 years of horrible socialism....That licence inspector Raj of the first 50 years of our Independence has changed the character of our economy or what we are, inherently. We are very free-thinking individuals, which is why our democracy is noisy,” she said. She urged the graduands to enter public service and contribute to nation-building as new avenues open up. “Coming from defence, I am under the impression that no longer will wars be fought just on the borders,” she said.
‘Liberate Saraswathi’
Earlier, VIT University chancellor G. Viswanathan called for deregulation of the education sector. “In 1991, the new economic policy was introduced, and deregulation happened in industry and business which has not yet happened in education. ‘Lakshmi’ was liberated in 1991; even after 27 years, ‘Saraswathi’ is in chains. We want to request the Minister....to liberate ‘Saraswathi’, we want her help,” he said.
Responding to this, Ms. Sitharaman said: “The bureaucracy, which, as I said, were glorified clerks as officers, who were trained to run this country have got so used to this chaining…That is the chain the government under this Prime Minister wants to break. Eventually, the chains on education, too.”
In his address, Viji Santhanam, chairman and managing director of TVS Brakes India, recalled his father, the founder of Sundaram Finance, as saying, “When you go into the community, you have an obligation and moral responsibility to give back to the community, which has helped you grow.”
Gold medals were presented to 54 candidates. Degree certificates were given away to 6,277 candidates, including those of 257 who completed their Ph.D.
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