The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat, has expressed regret at the fact that despite being an educational hub, the State has failed to develop centres of excellence. He was speaking on the occasion of the inauguration of the administrative block of the Uttarakhand Ayurveda University on Friday.Rawat informed that by 2020, the world would need skilled manpower of about 20 crore people, which is a good opportunity for a country like India.
He said that large number of educational institutes have opened up in the State, but due to lack of quality, the youth passing out from them are not able to find jobs due to which the number of unemployed are increasing in the State.Expressing the commitment of his government to open new centres of higher education in State the CM said that after the Ayurveda University and Technical University, a Medical University would soon be set up. He exhorted the students and teachers to come forward with innovative ideas and inculcate enterprising skills in them.
Congratulating the university faculty and students on the occasion, Rawat said that the Ayush fraternity is closely watching the progress of Uttarakhand Ayurveda University.Speaking on the occasion, State health and family welfare and Ayush minister Surendra Singh Negi said that Ayurveda if properly used can be a boon for the health services of State.
He said that the State has large number of herbs and with marking areas for specific herbs, employment opportunities can be developed.Amid loud applause, the Health Minister declared the State government’s intention to allow the Ayurveda practitioners for usage of allopathic system of medication in a limited way.He, however, added that the Ayurveda students should work hard for being eligible for this allowance. The health minister said the State health service, which is reeling under acute shortage of medical officers, would soon get 300 new doctors.
He informed the State government is working on a plan in which, the recruitment of doctors from the public service commission will be done on an interval of every three months.Minister of law, sports and forests Dinesh Agarwal hoped that the university would develop into a centre of excellence and help improve the health services of the State.
Vice-Chancellor of University S P Mishra said that a faculty of biomedical sciences would soon come up in the University for Research in the field of Ayurveda. The Doiwala MlA Hira Singh Bisht, district Panchayat member Hema Purohit, Congress leader SP Singh, prominent Ayurveda practitioner Vaid Balendu Prakash, Ayurveda director Dr A K Tripathi and others were present on the occasion.