Badal announces mega-education city at Mullanpur
Thursday, October, 11 2012 - 16:58
JALANDHAR: Punjab
Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal today announced that a mega
education city over an area of 1500 acre would soon come up at Mullanpur
near Chandigarh to give further impetus to the quality higher education
in the state.
In his inaugural address on the third ‘Bhartiya Vigyan Sammelan (BVS) and Expo-2012’ to imbibe the scientific temper amongst our youth here at Lovely Professional University (LPU) in collaboration with Punjab Technical University and the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST), the Chief Minister said that the upcoming education city would house eminent world class educational institutions and universities in humanities, medical, pharmaceutical, engineering etc. to impart the start of art education to the students of our country as well as from other parts of the world.
Appreciating the initiative of LPU, PTU and PSCST to hold this four day mega conference, Mr Badal said that it would go a long way in inculcating scientific and technical fervor amongst our youth through interaction with not only scientists, technocrats, academicians, policy makers, research scholars and students from “structured organizations,” but also with innovative farmers, technicians and artisans, on the topics relevant to global community in general and to Indian science and technology in particular. He said the this conference was dedicated to eminent mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan who is part of a rich Indian heritage of mathematics with other luminaries like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Bhaskara, Sankara who created and built upon the foundations of science as we know it today.
The Chief Minister lauded the stupendous efforts of the management of the LPU team led by Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal in creating a huge infra structure at par excellence with any educational institute ofinternational repute. He pointed out that this world class institute over an area of 600 acres was the outcome of sheer commitment and dedication to spread quality education to every nook and corner of the country.
The Chief Minister assured that the state government would earnestly implement all the decisions for the betterment of higher education likely to be emerged on the basis of consensus from detaileddeliberations in the BVS. Badal said, “I am confident that the valuable inputs and suggestions given by the delegates to the Punjab Government would be seriously viewed in the formulation and implementation of the future plans/programs for the provision of safe drinking water, cleaning of ponds besides the treatment of industrial effluents effectively for the irrigation purposes”.
The Chief Minister also mentioned that the SAD-BJP government during its previous regime had set up 17 new colleges besides nine universities to herald a new era of educational revolution. Badalhoped that this conference would offer a healthy platform to the scientists and researchers in mitigating the problems like potable drinking water, health care and hygiene, depleting water table, air, water and vehicle pollution confronted by the people of the country in general and Punjab in particular.
In his welcome address the Chancellor of LPU Ashok Mittal expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for his unstinted support in the creation of this India’s largest campus university with intake of 30,000 students from 28 states and 26 countries across the globe. He assured Badal that LPU would continue its endeavor to impart education of highest international standards to the students in future also.
On the occasion the Vice chancellor of the PTU Dr Rajneesh Arora while proposing a vote of thanks hoped that this conference would offer a healthy platform to scientists, researchers and academicians to give their vital inputs to enhance the standard of scientific and technological education in the country.
Prominent among other who were present on the occasion included Cabinet Minister Chunni Lal Bhagat, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries Som Parkash and KD Bhandari, Mayor Sunil Jyoti, Principal Secretary Technical Education SS Channy, Special Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Pro- Chancellor LPU Ms Rashmi Mittal and VC LPU Ramesh Kanwar.
In his inaugural address on the third ‘Bhartiya Vigyan Sammelan (BVS) and Expo-2012’ to imbibe the scientific temper amongst our youth here at Lovely Professional University (LPU) in collaboration with Punjab Technical University and the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST), the Chief Minister said that the upcoming education city would house eminent world class educational institutions and universities in humanities, medical, pharmaceutical, engineering etc. to impart the start of art education to the students of our country as well as from other parts of the world.
Appreciating the initiative of LPU, PTU and PSCST to hold this four day mega conference, Mr Badal said that it would go a long way in inculcating scientific and technical fervor amongst our youth through interaction with not only scientists, technocrats, academicians, policy makers, research scholars and students from “structured organizations,” but also with innovative farmers, technicians and artisans, on the topics relevant to global community in general and to Indian science and technology in particular. He said the this conference was dedicated to eminent mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan who is part of a rich Indian heritage of mathematics with other luminaries like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Bhaskara, Sankara who created and built upon the foundations of science as we know it today.
The Chief Minister lauded the stupendous efforts of the management of the LPU team led by Chancellor Mr Ashok Mittal in creating a huge infra structure at par excellence with any educational institute ofinternational repute. He pointed out that this world class institute over an area of 600 acres was the outcome of sheer commitment and dedication to spread quality education to every nook and corner of the country.
The Chief Minister assured that the state government would earnestly implement all the decisions for the betterment of higher education likely to be emerged on the basis of consensus from detaileddeliberations in the BVS. Badal said, “I am confident that the valuable inputs and suggestions given by the delegates to the Punjab Government would be seriously viewed in the formulation and implementation of the future plans/programs for the provision of safe drinking water, cleaning of ponds besides the treatment of industrial effluents effectively for the irrigation purposes”.
The Chief Minister also mentioned that the SAD-BJP government during its previous regime had set up 17 new colleges besides nine universities to herald a new era of educational revolution. Badalhoped that this conference would offer a healthy platform to the scientists and researchers in mitigating the problems like potable drinking water, health care and hygiene, depleting water table, air, water and vehicle pollution confronted by the people of the country in general and Punjab in particular.
In his welcome address the Chancellor of LPU Ashok Mittal expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for his unstinted support in the creation of this India’s largest campus university with intake of 30,000 students from 28 states and 26 countries across the globe. He assured Badal that LPU would continue its endeavor to impart education of highest international standards to the students in future also.
On the occasion the Vice chancellor of the PTU Dr Rajneesh Arora while proposing a vote of thanks hoped that this conference would offer a healthy platform to scientists, researchers and academicians to give their vital inputs to enhance the standard of scientific and technological education in the country.
Prominent among other who were present on the occasion included Cabinet Minister Chunni Lal Bhagat, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries Som Parkash and KD Bhandari, Mayor Sunil Jyoti, Principal Secretary Technical Education SS Channy, Special Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Pro- Chancellor LPU Ms Rashmi Mittal and VC LPU Ramesh Kanwar.
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