The State’s second toppers’ conclave will be held at Raj Bhavan from August 8. Twenty toppers from 10 State universities will participate. The conclave led by the Governor KK Paul will be held in the presence of experts from various spheres and VCs of 10 State universities. Deliberations will be held regarding the education system and the future of youth.
The five-day (August 8-12) conclave will present before the State’s youth role models from among them. The first conclave was held in the year 2015 on the personal initiative of Paul. Its objective is to give public recognition to the toppers of the State and build their confidence by giving them exposure. This will help them work in the direction of nation-building.
The toppers will gather at Raj Bhawan and interact with eminent persons and scholars of various subjects.They will get the opportunity to present their talent during the conclave. This event is an important part of the campaign for changing the face of higher education in the State. The conclave will focus on enabling the toppers to express themselves properly. Their aspirations and plans will be heard and experts present will make efforts to ensure that these can be materialised.
The conclave will make efforts to help the toppers improve their personalities and creativity while enhancing their ability to take decisions. Toppers will speak after hearing the talks of the experts and will also ask questions from the experts.
Eminent scholars and experts who will be at the meet are Ex CS RS Tolia, Anil Joshi of HESCO, RK Bhandari (former director of CBRI, Roorkee), Dr Rajendra Dobhal, DG of UCOST, Prof AN Purohit, former VC of HNB Garhwal University, Prof SP Singh, Ex-VC of HNB Garhwal University, lokesh Ohri ( INTACH, Dehradun Chapter).
In these five days, there will be deliberations on good governance, environment, management of natural resources, education system in Uttarakhand, role of youth in nation building and development of basic infrastructure in the State. At the concluding session, toppers will get the opportunity to speak before the Governor and the Chief Minister. The achievements of the toppers will be presented before the students of the State so that they get inspired by these role models.