Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said the seed sown by people associated with lokmanya Tilak Cultural Trust has assumed shape of a fruit bearing tree now.
It is not easy to run activities pertaining to education with dedication and devotion. Pass outs of this institution have brightened its name in the country and abroad with excellent work. The institution should now be given shape of a university. Imparting good teaching is a major challenge before us these days. Swami Vivekananda used to say that education can make a human being a real human being. lokmanya Tilak Cultural Trust had inspiration work towards this. Chouhan stated this at golden jubilee function of the Trust at Ujjain on Saturday.
The Chief Minister gave away Rs11,000 “Narang Memorial Award” to recent Vikram awardee for Malkhamb Chandrashekhar Chouhan and Rs5,000 cash prize on behalf of the trust. Principal Ashok Kandel said that the institution started in year 1963 with only 26 students and two rooms. Today, the institution has expanded and over 5 thousand students are studying in it.
Chairman of the institution Omprakash Agrawal said that this get-together of alumni is unique. As many as 11 units of the institution are working with cooperation of all. A CBSE school has also been opened on insistence of parents.
Release of souvenir
Chief Minister Chouhan released a souvenir on institution’s 51st golden jubilee function. The souvenir contains memoirs of alumni and teaching activities of the institution. It has been edited by an alumnus Nirukt Bhargava.
School Education Minister Paras Jain, State Planning Commission’s Vice-Chairman Babulal Jain, MP Chintamani Malviya, Vice-President of Jan-Abhiyan Parishad Pradeep Pandey, Mayor Rameshwar Akhand, MlA Mohan Yadav, Satish Malviya, Anil Firojia Trust’s CEO Ashok Sohni, Secretary Shripad Joshi and convener of alumni meet Katyayan Mishra were present on the occasion.