Set goal for society, not yourself: HM to Gujarat Vidyapith graduates

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Thursday attended the Gujarat Vidyapith’s 72nd convocation in Ahmedabad.Addressing the gathering. Amit Shah linked Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of rebuilding India with the Narendra Modi government’s stated goal of taking the country to the forefront of the world by 2047, telling young graduates that they would be the generation to witness the centenary of independence. Shah said Gandhi had deliberately used the idea of “reconstruction” rather than “new construction” for the country. The distinction, he said, was important because India did not need to abandon its foundational principles in the pursuit of modernity. “The principles will remain the same as they have been for thousands of years. We will become modern and undertake reconstruction,” Union Minister Shah added.

भारतीय जीवन पद्धति, जीवन मूल्य और ज्ञान परंपरा ही गांधी जी के संदेश के आधार थे, इसीलिए उनके संदेश कभी कालबाह्य नहीं होंगे। pic.twitter.com/zUhljt8fpA

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Gujarat Vidyapith, he added, had been established on October 18, 1920, as part of this wider effort to build an Indian system of education and strengthen the foundations of Swaraj. He recalled that Gandhi was the institution’s founding Chancellor and said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, Morarji Desai and other prominent figures had subsequently served as Chancellors because they understood the need to preserve and advance the institution.  Union Minister Shah also praised the continuation of that “Acharya tradition” under current Chancellor Acharya Devvrat and said the Vidyapith had made efforts to follow the path shown by Gandhi.
At the convocation, degrees were conferred upon 900 graduating students, while 11 outstanding students were awarded gold medals. Gujarat Governor and Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith Acharya Devvrat, along with faculty members and dignitaries, attended the ceremony.

(State Correspondent)