Calling upon the students to develop excellence in any one field and become master of that, the Governor of Uttarakhand, KK Paul has said that extensive reading is required to hone skills. He was delivering a valedictory speech at the Toppers’ conclave at Raj Bhawan on Friday.
The Governor said that the interest and involvement shown by the students at the conclave had made it vibrant and fruitful. He expressed the hope that the students had made good use of their time at the event and are going from here as more confident and aware individuals. On the sessions of eminent personalities during the conclave he said “We must maintain a balance in the way in which we communicate with people. While being tech-savvy, try and communicate face to face with people,” he said.
Paul called upon the youngsters to alwaysfocus more on developing their Emotional Quotient (EQ) than merely Intelligence Quotient (IQ). Sharing a success mantra he said that lovetowards ones work and being emotionally connected to it should be followed by the youngsters for success.
In his address the Chief Minister Harish Rawat, said that the toppers’ conclave is a wonderful concept initiated by the Governor and it has now become one of the awaited annual event in the state.Expressing great satisfaction at the success of the conclave he said that ideas that had emerged from the conclave last year had guided the State Government and so would the ideas that have emerged from this year’s conclave.
Rawat said that the number of degree colleges would soon cross a hundred figure mark in Uttarakhandand better networking would ensure that the state becomes competitively excellent in higher education.
He said the Vice Chancellors must prepare a roadmap for it and universities should act like lighthouses to guide the state in this direction. Rawat said that the state government would felicitate the universities and they must grow on their own. He said that the toppers must interact with school students and inspire them as role models.
The VC of Kumaon University,H.S.Dhami summarised the proceedings of the five-day conclave.The toppers were also felicitated by the governor and Chief Minister on the last day of the five day conclave.