Raksha Mantri Exhorts Youth To Ideate, Innovate & Indigenise New Technologies

Raksha Mantri, Rajnath Singh has called upon the youth of the country to ideate, innovate and indigenise new technologies in order to achieve ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Raksha Mantri was addressing the students of Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune during their 13th Convocation Ceremony. The University provides training in areas such as Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Optometry, Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Biotechnology as well as Business Management.

Rajnath Singh described the youth as the biggest strength, catalyst and source of change for any country. “The youth have the ability to face any challenge and convert it into an opportunity. They have the potential to discover new technologies and set up new companies & research establishments,” he said.

Rajnath Singh assured Government’s full support to the youth to bring to fruition their out-of-the-box ideas. He suggested medical and bio-technology students to share their ideas with fellow business students who can make a plan to set up a business based on those ideas. This will build a strong future partnership which will be beneficial for the country, he said.

Rajnath Singh urged the students to strike a balance between worldly and spiritual aspects of life. He called upon them to spread positive energy and think about the collective interest of society. He emphasised the need to imbibe a value system that is not detrimental to other needs and leads to peaceful coexistence.