Felicitation of talents is in fact honour of education world. This was stated by Governor Ram Naresh Yadav while distributing prizes of Talent Hunt-2014 competition here on Friday. He said that this is the era of knowledge economy. Connecting knowledge with social concerns is need of the hour, he added. The competition was organised by Patel Group of Institutions.
Governor Yadav gave away Rs one lakh prize to Alekh Jain of Krantika Vidya Mandir, Indore, Rs 51,000 second prize to Sujay Wishvakarma of St Xavier Senior Secondary School, Bhopal and Rs 21,000 third prize to Vivek Gupta of Jawaharlal Nehru School, Bhopal. Prize money was also given to 54 other students.
The Governor said that demand of Indian youth talents has increased in the world. With this in view, quality of higher education needs to be improved. Expressing concern on seats remaining vacant in many faculties in colleges, the Governor said that interest of rural and remote areas’ students in higher studies has increased. They should be provided economic assistance, transport facility, coaching and training. The Governor said that our country and state have talented students, but higher education infrastructure needs to be strengthened.
Vice-chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Prof Piyush Trivedi, Chairman of VSS Society Kamleshwar Patel, Chairperson of Patel Group of Institutes Preeti Patel and Executive Director Ajit Singh were also present on the occasion.