Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has said that educational institutions of the country should focus on the physical development also along with the intellectual development of students. They must also be given physical education and yoga education along with technical education. He said that education makes a man civilized, cultured and refined. The aim of education is to serve the family, society and country. Man becomes a responsible citizen of the country through education.
Vice President Shri Naidu said this while addressing students and teachers at the second convocation ceremony of Vaishnav Vidyapeeth University, Indore today.
Naidu said that education, hospital and politics are the fields of social service. Social service is the essence of all religions. Vaishnav Sahayak Trust has been doing commendable work for the last 135 years while working on the formula of ‘No profit-No loss’ through school, college, hospital and technical education.
Naidu said that Indian culture envisages ‘Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaha, Sarva Santu Niramaya’, Sarve Bhadrani Pashyantu, Maa Kashchit Dukh Bhag Bhavet'. Indian culture teaches us to live and eat together. Thousands of years ago, Acharya Chanakya had said, 'Ayam nijaha: Paraveti, Gadana, Laghuchetasam, Udaarcharitanaam Tu Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.' He considered the entire earth as family in that era. Acharya Chanakya was the first economist in the world to introduce the tax system.
He said that India was the world guru in ancient times. Nalanda and Takshashila were world class universities with more than 10 thousand students. In ancient India, there have been well-read scholars like Sushruta, Dhanvantari, Bhaskaracharya and Varahamihira. Acharya Sushruta told the world about the procedure of general and plastic surgery for the first time. In the Middle Ages, our country became a slave to the Mughals and the British. They looted and betrayed this country, due to which we lagged behind. Now we want to make India the third largest economy in the world through liberalization, privatization, standups and startups. India has extraordinary managers like Indira Nui and Sundar Pichai.