A panel discussion on ‘Modi@20: Dreams meet Delivery’ was organised by the North Eastern Hill University as a culminating event which started at all the constituent schools and departments of the university in both Shillong and Tura campuses for two weeks.
The panel discussion was held yesterday with participation of the teachers, non-teaching staff, scholars and students. Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati graced the event as the chief guest and as the panel expert on the book, Modi@20: Dreams meet Delivery.
NEHU Vice Chancellor, Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla who chaired the event gave a presentation on the vision and mission of the Prime Minister as a statesman to lead India to greater glory.
He exhorted on the various decisions taken by the Prime Minister which changed the dynamics of the Indian development. He said that the Prime Minister is keen on linking North-East India to the mainland India and making it one of the most developed regions of the nation and how he encourages youth in taking the lead role in the growth of the country.
Prof. Sitharam spoke about the principles of the Prime Minister. He pointed out that being an engineer, he would be focussing on what the book discusses about the various decisions taken by the Prime Minister has helped in the development of new start ups in the field of Technology and engineering.
He also exhorted that the Prime Minister he keen interest on the youth of the nation. He also mentioned how he has established various institutes of higher learning and research in the field of engineering and technology.
Prof. Sitharam also stressed on the point that Modi has started many schemes to uplift girls especially in the field of technology. He also stressed that despite opening various schemes and reservations, his institution i.e. IIT, Guwahati is not seeing the girls who top the higher secondary take up the seats in engineering institutes, which has left him pondering on where these rank holders go after they pass out and out rank the boys.
After the speech from the panel expert, the house was opened for discussion in which the teachers, students and scholars actively took part. One of the teachers praised the Prime Minister for taking up decisions which has benefitted the tribal people and uplifted the tribal women.
She congratulated the PM on the election of Droupadi Murmu as the first tribal woman President of India.
One of the teachers pointed out that the book should have also included the contribution of PM in the field of higher education and also lauded him on the implementation of NEP, which however, logistics for the same should also be taken into account.
