“future India depends on providing better education to the youth,” President Ram Nath Kovind said while addressing the fifth annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu on Thursday. He said that education is the biggest enabler.
“The future of our country depends on the good education of our young population. Institutions like IIM Jammu are nurturing our youth. These talented youth are going to build the India of the future. They are going to make people’s lives better and the country stronger,” the President said.
talking about national education Policy (NEP) He said, “We know, the National Education Policy seeks to position India as a ‘Knowledge Hub’ in today’s knowledge economy. which are relevant even today. For India to become a global knowledge hub, our educational institutions must be globally comparable.”
He was happy to note that the number of Indian institutions in the global rankings is gradually increasing. The President said that aided by the convergence of technologies and opportunities, many start-ups have become very successful and are being described as an emerging mainstay of the Indian economy.
He said that the mindset of the youth of India being job seeker and not job seeker is one of the major factors in our country which has one of the best start-up ecosystem in the world. The President said that IIM Jammu, in collaboration with DICCI and CII, is going to set up a special Diversity Cell to help potential entrepreneurs from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
The President advised the students to remain quick learners and re-learners throughout their lives. He said the role of fast-paced technological changes is going to be disruptive. “The shelf life of technology is getting shorter. Therefore, the shelf life of management and leadership styles are also going to be shorter. To deal with such a scenario, they have to move from a mindset of ‘using the known’ to an approach of ‘exploring the unknown’. They have to go beyond their comfort zones into areas of uncertainty. They have to turn challenges into opportunities. They have to be ‘pro-changers’ and still ‘no-changers’ to convert them into advocates of change. They have to be sensitive to tomorrow. They have to look at tomorrow while learning from yesterday,” he said.
He advised them to have an open mind, an open heart and a strong will. He said that a really good entrepreneur, good manager or a good business leader is one who believes in doing good by doing good. “Excellence and ethics go together.”
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