Nilamber Pitamber university in its 15th foundation day ceremony graced by the academic advisor to governor cum chancellor of the state universities Dr E Balagurusamy as chief guest, Dr Sanjeev Rai OSD university Raj Bhavan and former additional advocate general of state M Tandon as distinguished guests spoke at length on higher education and how India can be a well developed country by 2047.
Acting VC NPU Dr Tapan Kumar Shandilya too had his quota of content when he drew lines of a noted Hindi poet Dinkar asking students to mug hard for career and country.
Academic advisor Balagurusamy said it's 75 years of Independence but where is our education? He said we need to improve it by all means. He talked about India faring poorly in global indexes like education, per capita income and health but India is a top scorer to corruption.
He said the human development index shows India pegged at 131. Is this anything rejoicing? he quipped.
OSD university Dr Sanjeev Rai giving good news said the fee for the PhD entrance test would be uniform now and it is to be less than what it used to be earlier.
Former additional advocate general of state M Tandon wished this university should start one government law college here.
Acting VC NPU Dr Tapan Kumar Shandilya informed that the university has introduced NEP 2020 in its curriculum and students should make the best of it.
The 15th foundation day ceremony appeared like marching students to a new India pacing towards 2047. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also alluded to this foundation day ceremony here in the university.
If Dr Balagurusamy focussed on corruption free India, OSD university Dr Rai asked the universities to be more sensitive to students coming from the toiling families for whom a day's wages is important to keep living than mugging for studies the acting VC Dr Shandilya asked the students to go for research on local concerning issues.