The President of India, Droupadi Murmu has stressed on the necessity that the benefits of education and technology reach Indian villages. On Monday, President Droupadi Murmu graced the convocation ceremony of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana where she was giving her commencement address. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that preparing the young generation for the changing global demands is challenging task for higher education institutions, for the balanced and sustainable development of the country.
“Higher education institutions like Guru Jambheshwar University have a very important role in this context,” with this statement she expressed that the university has a high number of students from small towns and rural areas. She urged those students to make the people of their village and city aware of the importance of education, and inspire them to get good education.
During convocation, a total of 2,080 degrees were conferred, including 561 prestigious PhD degrees, at the convocation ceremony. In addition, an impressive number of 564 students received gold medals for their outstanding achievements.
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The President said that world-class research conducted in higher educational institutions would play an important role in establishing India as a Global Knowledge Super Power. She was happy to note that its students and faculty members have made many significant achievements in various research and research projects. It has special departments for Incubation, Start-up, Patent filing and Research projects. She expressed confidence that all these efforts would develop the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship among the students and help in making India a Global Knowledge Super Power.
