Rohtak: Underlining the importance of quality
education, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said
that it was the key to the foundation for a strong and vibrant
economy.
"Universities are the platforms for development of
powerful, innovative, dynamic and sustainable new ideas of the
future," he said, while delivering the first Ranbir Singh
Memorial lecture at Maharishi Dayanand University here.
Mukherjee expressed the hope that the University would
rise to new challenges and set new paradigms in the realm of
higher education.
Quoting Noble laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, the
minister said that "we all must work towards fulfilling the
dreams of the founders of Indian Constitution. This would also
be the real tribute to former MP Ranbir Singh, the father of
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda."
He also spoke of Ranbir Singh's nationalistic and
humanitarian views that was reflected in his work for the
masses.
Singh's role in initiating the Bhakra Nangal Multipurpose
Irrigation and Power project which led to the Green Revolution
was mentioned by the finance minister.
Earlier, Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of Swaraj
Sadan which would house the Ranbir Singh Institute for Social
and Economic change.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, February 04, 2010, 20:10