Gurudevay Namah’ state level motivation festival will be held at auditorium of Sant Hirdaram Girls College, Sant Hirdaram Nagar here on on May 9 at 10.30 am. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate it. Thinker and ideologue Suresh Soni will be keynote speaker. The programme is being held jointly by Personality Development Cell of Higher Education Department and Bhopal Utsav Mela Samiti.
Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta informed that in-charge persons of personality development cells of colleges in the state will participate in the festival. logo of Personality Development Cell is “Nature will change with change in viewpoint”. Its objectives include awakening Indian ethos among youths, raising worthy citizens, imbuement of Indian cultural values, personality development and constant improvement, compliance of Indian moral values, creativity and development of mindset free of aberrations.
Personality Development Cells have been constituted in 339 colleges in the state. In-charge officers have been appointed in them. Similarly, cells have also been constituted in 34 Government polytechnic colleges. Private colleges are also setting up personality development cells with self-inspiration. Cell’s first lecture series was held on August 19 followed by a lecture series every month. About 1.90 lakh students have benefited from them in one year.
A 5-day Panchamrit workshop will be held in the last week of July. Special lectures will be held on birthdays of great persons. Essay competitions on Indian culture and moral values will be held twice in a session. Selected coordinators will be felicitated at state level.