Presiding over the annual function of SMJN post graduate degree college, the minister for textiles Ajay Tamta exhorted the students to excel in academics, become organised and be dedicated towards the country. Highlighting the importance of skill-based education to the students he said that some course curriculum related to textiles must be started in the college for which he shall give his best assistance. He also suggested the college management to send the proposal for starting vocational courses on priority.
The minister also said that Uttarakhand was the only state in whole of the country where expense on medicine, agriculture and education was much more than many bigger states of the country. Over four and a half crore people earned their living from the ministry of textiles alone. Earlier to this the students presented diverse cultural programmes including folk dance, skits and parodies on social evils.
The secretary of Niranjani akhara Ramanand Puri, Mahant lakhan Giri, Mahant Ravindra Puri blessed the students.
The Principal of the college, A K Ghildyal said, “Every possible means shall be adopted to make the college a hub for higher education in the state.” The cabinet minister Madan Kaushik said that the college had made its place in the best colleges of the state