Our soldiers are our real heroes and the Vidhya Veerta Abhiyan (VVA) is an appreciable attempt to acquaint the students about the stories of valour of our soldiers, said the governor of Uttarakhand, Krishan Kant Paul while addressing launching ceremony of VVA in Uttarakhand at Raj Bhawan on Friday. He said that that after independence the country constituted ‘Param Vir Chakra’ (PVC) as the highest military honour and it is a matter of great pride that the recipient of PVC, Yogendra Singh Yadav is present on the occasion. Heroes like him will always give inspiration to new generations and the nation-wide mission of VVA would create a strong feeling of patriotism and also great respect for our soldiers, he said. The Governor added that watching portraits of the brave soldiers and knowing their stories would help youngsters focus on a positive direction in life.
State minister for higher education (independent charge) Dhan Singh Rawat declared that within next 40 days all universities and colleges of the state will have this wall of valour. He said that the Chief Minister and education minister of the state are also supportive of the idea and Uttarakhand probably would be the first state where all educational institutes right from primary schools to universities have this wall.
VVA is considered as a brain child of the former Member of Parliament Tarun Vijay. Under VVA it is proposed to construct at least one 15-20 feet wall in higher educational institution campuses to display the portraits of 21 soldiers decorated with PVC. Addressing the gathering Vijay said that he was inspired by the speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at leh last year to launch VVA. He said that more than 1000 universities of the country are ready to erect the wall of valour in their campus. Vijay said that the objective of the campaign is to create respect among students for real heroes.
The Vice Chancellors of many universities and deemed universities were present on the occasion. The governor presented a presented portrait of the 21 PVC recipients and CDs to the Vice Chancellors for the wall of valour.
The Chief Secretary S Ramaswamy, Additional Chief Secretary Dr Ranveer Singh, Director General of Police M A Ganapathy, GOC of Uttrakhand sub area, Major General Balraj Mehta were also present on the occasion.