27/1/2020
PUNE: “We need
to take care of human emotions. We cannot treat man as machine. Machines are
there to assist us and not to control us. Our nation has the maximum number of
youngsters which no other country has, we should take advantage of it,” said Ramesh
Pokhriyal Nishank, Minister of HRD at the Destination India conference.
He was invited as the chief guest for the National Conference
on Destination India organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations in
collaboration with Symbiosis International (Deemed University) and Savitribai
Phule Pune University at Symbiosis International, Lavale Campus,
Pune.
“Our country has the origin of Ayurveda, Yoga, Classical Dance
and Music, Indian literature etc. Nowadays, the western world is
following in our footsteps, considering our heritage we should promote it
across the world to attract foreign students,” Ramesh Pokhriyal added
further in his speech.
He appreciated the initiative taken by ICCR, SIU & SSPU by
saying, “The world is not a Bazaar but a Parivar.” He promoted harmony, peace
and significance of justly imparted knowledge.
The inaugural address was given by Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe,
President ICCR. During his speech he took the opportunity to thank the NITI
Ayog for its commendable job done in the direction of education and also talked
about solutions like setting up of Institution of Democratic Government and its
kind to strengthen the curriculum offered by Indian Universities.
Prof Rajneesh Jain, Secretary, UGC, talked about enhancing the
foreign collaborations with International universities and promotion of programmes
like GIAN & GIAN + along with other schemes initiated by the UGC to achieve
higher inflow of international students.
The ceremony, provided a window into the highly engaging
conversations lined up, across various sessions for the two-day conference. The
discussions during the two-day conference will be submitted to the government
as a suggestion.
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