‘Jammu emerging as Educational hub’
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 18: Lambasting the vested elements and some disgruntled politicians, Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that deliberate attempts are being made by them to underplay the Jammu’s developmental activities to discredit the Modi Government.
Speaking after laying the foundation stone of the new education complex named after Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, a great educationist, at Central University Jammu in Samba district, Dr Jitendra Singh said, that these elements deliberately try to mislead the people of the Jammu region by underplaying the developmental projects undertaken by Narendra Modi Government in this region during last over one year.
“Not feeling themselves comfortable with the huge developmental process started by Modi Government in this region, these disgruntled elements spread canards in the public and have started a misinformation campaign against the Government’’, he said. Maintaining that Jammu is fast emerging as North India’s education hub, he said but the same is not reported in right perspective and the disgruntled elements for their vested interests are hell bent to hood wink the public opinion in this regard.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that deliberate canards are being spread by these people who feel totally threatened by Modi Government’s pro-public policies.
Allaying the fears of people, the Union Minister said BJP- led Government at Centre is committed for overall development of J&K and projects worth thousands of crores have been undertaken in the erstwhile State by Narendra Modi Government and these development works have also taken pace now. He said even Union Home Minister, has reiterated that within six months there will be a change on developmental front in J&K which shows the Government’s commitment towards the welfare of the people of the UT.
Ridiculing these elements and rejected politicians, Dr Jitendra Singh said that some times they apparently say that they admire Modi but they are not ready to appreciate the development done by his Government which shows that they are in a confused state of mind. He said that the development has taken a rapid stride during last over one year and the same pace will continue in future. He cautioned the people against such elements and reiterated the Government commitment towards holistic development of J&K.
He said it is a rare instance that within a radius of less than 100 kms, as many as over dozen important professional and higher educational institutions have come up in Jammu region, including AIIMS, IIT, IIM, two major Universities namely Central University and University of Jammu, four Medical Colleges, two Government run Engineering Colleges, etc as well as the upcoming North India’s first Biotech Technology Park cum Research Centre and the Bamboo Technology Training Centre through Ministry of Northeast besides high technology Seed Processing Plant.
He said Jammu Central University is one of the first Central Universities in India to have such an educational complex named after Malviya. He said, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee were among the leading academicians of the first half of 20th century but their contribution somehow did not receive the amount of recognition that it deserved and, therefore, this is a befitting tribute.
He also recalled that recently he had the honour of inaugurating a hostel complex in the premises of the same University named after Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, which is possibly the first Block named after Mookerjee in any Government University outside Kolkata.
With the Constitutional changes that took place after August 5th, 2019, Dr Jitendra Singh hoped that the biggest impediment in attracting the best of faculty from across the country for these educational institutions will be overcome. He said, the standard of any institution can be maintained only when there is total professionalism and no compromise in the selection of scholars on the basis of merit and when the institution is ready to facilitate and incentivise best of the faculty from all over to come and take up teaching assignment.
In this context, he again referred to Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and recalled that even in those times, Malviya had succeeded in pursuading Dr S. Radhakrishnan to give up his teaching job at Oxford and come back to take over as Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
Dr Jitendra Singh also noted that through the Department of Space, of which he is In-charge, North India’s first Space and Research Study Centre has been started at Central University Jammu and Dr. K Radhakrishnan, a world renowned Space Scientist who is also known as the father of Mars Mission, has been appointed as the Advisor.
Similarly, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the DoPT (Department of Personnel & Training), which is also under his Charge, is working out the feasibility of setting up first of its kind Study Centre of Governance at Central University Jammu.
For any educational institution to receive a wider recognition and identity, Dr Jitendra Singh said, there are essentially two prerequisites. Either there should be extraordinary faculty which could produce research publications of international level or there should be exclusive Departments of Study which are not easily available.
Vice Chancellor Prof Ashok Aima , in his welcome address, spelt out the various landmark achievements of the University in the last few years. He also mentioned Dr Jitendra Singh’s constant support in pursuing all the new projects at the Centre.
Prof Aima also referred to the Government of India’s recently sanctioned Centre through DRDO.
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