Making a call to the students for waging a war against drugs, the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that special efforts are needed to prevent the younger generation from succumbing to the ill-effects of substance abuse. He was addressing convocation ceremony at DIT University here on Saturday. The CM said that a task force of seven States with its headquarters at Panchkula has been constituted for fight against drugs. Reiterating his Government’s commitment for providing quality education to the students, the CM said that a skill development centre is being setup at Pauri. He claimed that the centre would be of very high standards and would have a national recognition.
Emphasising on importance of linguistic skills, he said that the demand of foreign languages is increasing at a very rapid pace and apart from technocrats, the world today needs linguistic experts. Rawat said that the State need to focus on self employment and by becoming self- employed, one can provide employment for many.
Exhorting the students to participate in Swachh Bharat, Swastha Bharat mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rawat said that one should also take up social responsibilities. He claimed that the human chain event organised by the State Government helped in reducing the usage of plastic by 75 percent.
He said that Uttarakhand has been developed as an education hub and the State has students from all the States. The CM said Dehradun today is being identified with a peaceful environment and quality education and the State Government is committed to enhance this reputation.
The State Minister for higher education and cooperatives, Dhan Singh Rawat, said that the State Government has made it compulsory for all the universities to hold convocation ceremonies every year.
Elaborating the achievements of the Government in last three years, the Minister said that appointments of permanent Principals in all degree colleges is made and in the colleges of the State more than 90 percent faculty is now deployed. He said that the State Government has decided to provide Dr Bhaktdarshan award for five teachers of colleges and universities. Rawat added that a study of 180 days in all the colleges has been made compulsory.
On the occasion, degrees were awarded to 1,527 students of the university.
The chairman of DIT Anuj Agarwal, chancellor DIT N Ravishankar, Principal secretary Anand Vardhan and Vice Chancellor (VC) of DIT, A K Raina were also present on the occasion.