Aim of higher education community should be to get recogniti
Aim of higher education community should be to get recognition at world level: Prez Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu highlighted the need to pay attention to research along with education at the two-day visitor's conference 2024-25 at Rashtrapati Bhavan
In the image provided by RB, President Droupadi Murmu
attends the inauguration of the two-day Visitor’s
Conference 2024-25 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, Monday, March 3, 2025. Union
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is also seen. (PTI Photo)
NEW DELHI — President Droupadi Murmu on Monday said the national goal of
establishing India as a global knowledge super power would be achieved only
when the world community is eager to adopt the work being done in Indian
laboratories.
Inaugurating the two-day visitor's conference 2024-25 at
the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, Murmu also said that the ambition of the country's
higher education community should be that researchers from the institutions get
recognition at the world level.
She said patents of the country's institutions can bring
change in the world and students from developed countries choose India as a
preferred destination for higher education.
The president said the students from India enrich the
world's leading educational institutions and developed economies with their
talent and emphasised the need of making efforts to utilise their talent in the
country.
She said the national goal of establishing India as a
Global Knowledge super power would be achieved only when the world community is
eager to adopt the work being done in the country's laboratories, according to
an official statement.
The president is the visitor of 184 central institutes of
higher education.
She said the level of development of any country is reflected
in the quality of its education system and told the heads of the institutions
of higher learning that they have a crucial role in achieving the goal of
establishing India as an important centre of the knowledge economy.
She highlighted the need to pay a lot of attention to
research along with education and said that the government of India has
established the National Research Fund with a very good objective.
Murmu expressed confidence that institutions of higher
learning would make good use of this important initiative and encourage
research and said many higher education institutions of the country have global
brand value.
The students of these institutions get big
responsibilities in the best institutions and companies of the world, she said,
adding, however, all the institutions should move ahead very fast.
The leadership of heads of institutions of higher
learning would be recognised by developing and utilising the immense talent of
our large youth population, she said.
The president said along with excellence, social
inclusion and sensitivity should also be an essential aspect of the education
system and no economic, social or psychological limitation of any kind should
be a hindrance in getting higher education.
She said that heads and teachers of institutions of
higher learning should take care of young students, remove any insecurity from
their minds and provide them moral and spiritual strength.
Murmu urged them to make every possible effort to provide
counselling and inspiration to students and spread positive energy in the
campuses.
She said India has a rich tradition of scientific
achievements and the branches and sub-branches of Indian knowledge and science
have flourished in every region of the country.
It would be very useful to rediscover the invaluable but
extinct streams of knowledge and science by doing intense research, she said,
adding it is the responsibility of the higher education ecosystem to find ways
to use such organically grown knowledge systems in today's context.
During the inaugural session, the president presented the
eighth Visitor’s Awards in the categories of Innovation, Research and
Technology Development.
The Visitor’s Award for Innovation was given to Saripella
Srikrishna, Banaras Hindu University, for developing Novel Indigenous
Innovation in Quantum Technology to boost the National Green Hydrogen Mission.
The Visitor’s Award for Research in the field of Physical
Sciences was conferred upon Ashwini Kumar Nangia, University of Hyderabad, for
his seminal research in the discovery and development of high bioavailability
drugs and pharmaceuticals with enhanced efficacy at affordable cost.
The Visitor’s Award for Research in Biological Sciences
was jointly presented to Prof Rina Chakrabarti, University of Delhi and Prof
Raj Kumar, Central University of Punjab. Prof Chakrabarti has been conferred
the Award for her research contributions to Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture
while Prof Raj Kumar has been presented the Award for his research
contributions to exploring various cancer hallmarks and the development of
synthetic anticancer lead molecules.
The Visitor’s Award for Technology Development was
presented to Venkateswarlu Chintala, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, for his
research contributions to the petrol and diesel production at commercial scale
from landfill municipal mixed plastic waste.
