Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 9 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday conferred 23 gold medals to the meritorious college students of Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni in Solan district.
Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla additionally presided over the twelfth convocation of Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni in Solan district.
CM Sukhu was current as Chief Guest on the event and the Governor within the presence of the Chief Minister awarded advantage certificates to 773 college students.
Apart from this, 1305 college students had been awarded BSc Horticulture and BSc Forestry, BTech Bio-Technology, MBA/ABM, MSc and PhD levels in horticulture and forestry.
The Chief Minister conferred 23 gold medals to the meritorious college students out of which 20 gold medals have been awarded to woman college students on the event.
The Governor additionally conferred an honorary diploma to Chief Managing Director, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited Nand Lal Sharma and Deputy Director General, Education, Indian Agriculture Research Council Rakesh Chand Aggarwal.
On the event, the Governor appealed to the youth to profit society by utilizing the varied startups run by the Government of India and the State Government. He stated that they need to transfer in the direction of self-employment and have to turn into a job supplier.
Congratulating the gold medal winners and the scholars who acquired levels, the Governor appealed to them to contribute in the direction of nation-building. He expressed happiness that feminine college students received most levels and gold medals. He stated that they need to take their analysis work to the fields in order that farmers may benefit from it.
“Until the research done by scientists comes out of the laboratories and books and reaches the fields practically, research is useless,” he stated and added that it was the responsibility of younger scientists to unravel farmers’ issues of their farms and likewise the answer must be delivered to them on time.
Shukla stated that solely youth may deliver become the society. The information from textbooks could possibly be sensible solely when it may be put to make use of by society.
“A degree does not only mean employment but there is a need to think about how the knowledge acquired can be used for society,” stated the Governor.
Emphasizing the necessity to cut back farmers’ dependence on numerous chemical pesticides, he stated that it was attainable solely when farmers had been motivated in the direction of pure farming. He expressed contentment that the college has initiated many vital steps in the direction of adopting a pure farming system.
The Governor confused the necessity for additional enchancment within the efficiency of Nauni University within the rating. Currently, it’s positioned seventeenth within the Indian Council of Agricultural Research rating. He expressed happiness that the University has launched the Academic Management System.
“This system will help the university to follow best academic practices in education and digitization and create a data bank of academic records,” he added.
Shukla additionally confused selling interdisciplinary research and worldwide collaboration.
“Only by sharing research and innovation, the challenges facing the country and the world can be faced,” he stated.
He described intensive analysis as the necessity of the hour and confused the usage of info expertise to deliver velocity and high quality to work within the altering perspective. He stated that for this, there was a have to pay extra consideration to e-education and technical discussions.
On the event, CM Sukhu congratulated all of the gold medal winners and introduced a reward of Rs 10,000 for every gold medalist. He expressed properly needs for a vibrant future for all the scholars and emphasised that challenges are inevitable, however success comes by resilience.
He additionally inspired the youth to acknowledge and protect India’s wealthy cultural heritage.”Girls are shining in every field and have been proved today as 20 out of 23 students receiving gold medals were girls. The state government is committed to empowering women, with women holding key decision-making roles and working as DCs and SPs in many districts,” stated the Chief Minister.
He reiterated {that a} 30 per cent reservation in police recruitment can be supplied to ladies by the state authorities. A committee has been fashioned to contemplate elevating the authorized age of marriage of women from 18 to 21 years, emphasizing the significance of girls’s involvement in societal progress.
Sharing recollections of his faculty days, the Chief Minister stated he spent memorable years of his life at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla and afterwards entered into lively politics. He stated that youth was the way forward for Himachal.
CM Sukhu highlighted the difficult financial state of affairs of the state, emphasizing the federal government’s give attention to bettering the standard of training.
He expressed concern concerning the excessive particular person debt exceeding Rs 1 lakh per individual and the unsustainable reliance on steady borrowing. He stated that the state authorities was dedicated to creating powerful selections to make sure future generations’ profit, regardless of the Union Government having diminished the borrowing restrict to Rs 6600 crore.
“Despite limited resources, the government aims to revitalize the state’s economy over the next decade and is actively working towards System Revamp,” he stated.
The State Government has adopted 4000 orphans as ‘Children of the State’ and by enacting a legislation, making it the duty of the State Government to handle them for upto 27 years, he reiterated.
Mukhya Mantri Sukh-Aashraya Yojana ensures full state help till the age of 27 years, masking their care, greater training, and hostel bills, and offering Rs 4000 as pocket cash. Orphans obtain monetary help of Rs 2 lakh for a startup, three Biswa land for housing, Rs 3 lakh monetary help for residence building, and Rs 2 lakh for marriage.
Emphasizing the necessity for youth to embrace self-employment, he stated that given the geographical situations of Himachal, the upcoming price range would prioritize and promote pure farming.
“The state government aims to boost farmers’ income by introducing new provisions in the upcoming budget to ensure a stable revenue stream. Plans include connecting families in each assembly constituency to natural farming, with the state government committed to purchasing products and offering lucrative rates for those produced through natural farming practices,” stated CM Sukhu.
The state authorities has launched the primary section of the Rs 680 crore Rajiv Gandhi Self-Employment Start-Up Scheme, providing 500 permits for e-taxi to the youth, stated the Chief Minister and added {that a} 50 per cent subsidy was being supplied for the acquisition of e-taxis.
The authorities goals to advertise photo voltaic vitality tasks, providing monetary help and a 25-year dedication to buy generated electrical energy. Additionally, self-employment initiatives within the agriculture and horticulture sectors are additionally within the pipeline.
He congratulated CMD SJVN, Nand Lal Sharma and Deputy Director General ICAR, RC Aggarwal who acquired honorary levels as properly.
Vice Chancellor, Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Rajeshwar Chandel detailed numerous achievements and different actions of the University.
He stated that the University has focussed extra on analysis actions. He thanked the state authorities for offering monetary help of rupees 4 crore for analysis in pure farming and improvement.
He disclosed that commencement and post-graduation programs in pure farming had been being began on the college from the subsequent educational session.
“The state government has provided Rs 2.50 crore for pursuing research work in the university which would be allocated to the different departments through 41 projects,” he added.
Registrar of the University Narender Chauhan proposed a vote of thanks.
Later, the Governor and the Chief Minister inaugurated a Rs 1.16 crore Skill Development Hostel and Rs 40 lakh Vivekananda Yoga and Meditation Center. (ANI)