Expressing concern over the water crisis across the globe and rationing of water, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Haridwar MP, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that the youths must come forward and become involved in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan for water conservation.
He also said that the rich heritage of India has enabled the world to become happy and disease free and very soon India would be a Vishwa Guru. He was speaking at Gyan Diksha programme of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya on Sunday afternoon.
Addressing the newly inducted students in Maha Mrityunjaya Auditorium of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, the Union HRD minister motivated the students to come forward in every possible way and adopt measures to work for water conservation in the country, stressing that it was the need of the hour.
Citing the example of universities like Takshila and Nalanda of India hundreds of years ago, Nishank said that Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya was also spreading the man making education with tie ups with different universities across the world. The union minister further said that a new structure will be formed in conjunction with University Grants Commission for initiation of students in colleges through events like Gyan Diksha programme. He further said that measures will also be incorporated to ensure that ragging is totally ruled out from all universities and technical colleges.
The chancellor of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Pranav Pandya said that education leads from darkness to enlightenment and that Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya was working towards disseminating this value based education which made enlightened citizens in the country.
He also highlighted the role of the teacher in bringing up responsible citizens. Later the union minister released a university souvenir and felicitated the meritorious students.