Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday urged students to leverage technology to create opportunities out of the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than looking at it as a crisis. He added India is the ideal place right now to establish new business ideas.
Naidu also directed Universities to help students to effectively deal with real-world issues as he gave the example of the COVID-19 pandemic that caught all countries off-guard and unprepared for the challenge.
Naidu stated, “For those of you seeking to become job creators, there cannot be a better place to implement your business ideas than India right now.”
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Addressing the 13th e-convocation of ICFAI University, Sikkim, via video-conferencing, he added, “We have to learn lessons from this pandemic, and experts need to come up with solutions to meet such threats in the future.”
According to the official statement, the vice president requested universities and educators to re-evaluate the education system to make it more value-based, holistic, and complete.
He asked them to get inspired by the holistic Vedic education and know the vision behind the New Education Policy.
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Naidu said education without values is no education at all, quoting Rabindranath Tagore. “Educational institutions and universities are expected to produce well-rounded and compassionate human beings and not mere degree holders,” he added.
Giving the example of climate change, Naidu stated the holistic solution to combat this challenge should provide a value-based education that respects nature. He emphasized the need to equip engineers and technologists to form new defenses and create innovative solutions to meet the challenges raised by extreme weather events.
Regarding the values focused on the ancient systems, the vice president said Vedas and Upanishads mandate our duties towards self, family, society, and nature. “We were taught to live in harmony with nature,” he stressed.
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Highlighting the NEP as a “much-needed reform”, he informed it for its aim on multi-disciplinary method and efforts to reorient the research and the regulatory systems. He revealed that country requires professionals who are not only well-versed with the current technology but are also understanding and empathetic.
He believes that education learned from life values can ensure a long and prosperous career, as people with such values can face the adversities in life and have high emotional intelligence.
Naidu also praised the Gurukul system and expressed, “Education was complete in all respects in ancient times, and this is what gave us our title of ‘Vishwa Guru’ at that time.” He said the NEP also envisages these ideals and promotes India as a “Vishwa Guru” once again.
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