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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) Dr B D Mishra on Tuesday encouraged the students community to become a 'start up' and 'job provider' through various government schemes, instead of running after government jobs.
Addressing the 19th convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) here, the governor said that agriculture and its related work fields provide good opportunities for 'start up'.
Mishra said if the students are determined and willing to respect the dignity of work and labour, there is big scope everywhere for good livelihood. He advised them to acquire merit and not bribe for their mission accomplishment.
"Always abide by law and be a man of cent per cent humane virtues," he stressed. He asked the passing out students to inculcate seven chapters of behaviours including, transparency, accountability, probity, promptness, equal dispensation, audit and mid course correction. He said that they must also have self discipline, which inter alia, includes punctuality, respect for elders, assisting every child of 5 years of age to go to school and most importantly help for the needy and weak.
The governor congratulated the awardees of medals of distinction, degrees and diplomas and said that they have meritoriously distinguished themselves.
He said that they must in their life and conversation show themselves worthy of the medals of distinction, degrees and diplomas.
"The most important factor for the human beings for attaining a bench mark in life is the 'awareness' and being 'abreast' with contemporary happenings. Equally important in life is the communication skill," he said.
Mishra also enlightened the passing out students about the dignity of work and labour saying, as they are stepping in their work life they must remember that their alma matter and teachers expect them to be a nationalist all the time.
The governor called upon the passing out students to emerge as a frontline contributor for humanitarian causes in any crisis. He asked them to draw lessons from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiatives to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Mishra exhorted the students to contribute to the progress of the nation and the State and further urged them to shun lawlessness and vandalism which, he said, is not in the interest of anyone.
The governor complimented VC Prof Saket Kushwaha and his entire team for making the preceding academic year useful for the students, enabling the completion of the current courses and the academic sessions and for timely organizing the convocation, which was extremely well conducted.
Mishra presented the Chancellor's Gold medal for academic session of 2020-21 to MD Basit Rahman, Master of Science (Mathematics) and gold medal to toppers of various disciplines in the undergraduate courses.
The governor also laid a wreath at the 'Wall of Heroes' campus and paid homage to the martyrs of the Indian Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice for the defence of the nation during wars thrust by enemies of the country.
The Wall of Heroes, an initiative of the 'Vidya Veerta Abhiyan' under the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, is instituted for paying homage to war heroes, who have been awarded the nation's highest gallantry award the Param Vir Chakra.
Rajiv Gandhi University has made the 'Wall of Heroes' in its campus with 21 portraits of war heroes to immortalise the sacrifice and valour of the men in uniform and inspire the youth towards armed forces.
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