Securing top ranks in their respective streams, gold medallists of 2014-16 batch of Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS) now look ahead to ensure comprehensive growth in their respective sectors, following the spirit of their alma mater’s motto, ‘Putting the last First’.
A total of 306 students from post graduate management courses in Human Resource Management, Rural Management, Finance, Marketing and Information Technology received their degrees in the 55th Annual Convocation on Thursday.
Delivering her convocation address, Governor Droupadi Murmu wished that the institute’s objective of bringing the last man to the fore becomes the clarion call for the government as well as non-government bodies of the State and nation engaged in people’s empowerment and development.
“Back from my college days, what I cherish most are the set of values that our teachers imparted to us. To become a successful professional one needs to show the kind of person they are. And I trust that this renowned institution has groomed you into such professionals who are excellent in every way – in academics and in caring for human beings in the work places,” the Governor further added.
She urged the outgoing students to take up the causes of making a self-sufficient and cleaner nation. “Now that you will be serving the nation in various capacities, I urge you to realise the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that is Make In India campaign. We have to harness the educational and technological potential of millions of our youth in the country through the manufacturing and services sectors making the nation self reliant,” said the Governor.
The five gold medallists, all girls, conformed to the views of ensuring that welfare initiatives reach the last man of the society. Irrespective of their sectors, their visions for the future feature inclusive growth of the country.
Neha Kumari, the gold medallist from Rural Management, aspires to be a guide and guard the rural populace on the way to their prosperity. “Contrary to popular belief, the rural population is not poor; they are affluent in resources. But they still lag behind in absence of proper guidance. I intend to put the skills and values acquired here at XISS to good use in this direction,” she said.
Entering the banking sector with a stalwart like HDFC, gold medallist in Finance, Sneha Shah has goals to ensure that economic growth does not leave out the rural populace. “We need to penetrate the rural area in terms of finance if we wish to see financial growth realised in broader sense. The ideas conceived by our PM should be extended to the rural population too,” said Sneha.
“The idea of financial inclusion should be realised in totality. If the people from backward areas are also joined to banks they will help constitute a bigger support for a developing economy that is India,” suggested Anumita Dash, the topper from Marketing.
“Being a student of Information Technology, I will keep in touch with the technological aspects of the nation. As a fresher, my short-term plan is to garner little experience first and then become an academician in later years. As far as concepts of Make In India are concerned, such initiatives should be taken up by one and all for a prosperous India,” said Gitika Srivastava, who secured the first rank in PGDM-Information Technology.