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KOLKATA: MOS PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh said here today that this is possibly the best of times happening for the Indian student community and now, it is up to us to ensure how to make the best of this opportunity.
In his convocation address at the reputed Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Dr Jitendra said, there was a time till few decades ago when Indian students and scholars going abroad had to struggle hard to earn recognition.
So much so that, even in case of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, many foreign writers including William Butler Yeats came forward to translate Gitanjali into English only after Tagore had been awarded a Nobel Prize.
But, the world has come a full circle today, said Dr Jitendra, and Indian students and scholars going abroad are immediately absorbed by the best of the institutions because their caliber and diligence stand fully proven. Not only this, most of the IT companies and prestigious economic fora across the world are today being manned by Indians, he said. Emphasising the importance of blending tradition with modernity, Dr Jitendra said, the Vivekananda University run by Ramakrishna Mission has set the most remarkable example of achieving this. He said, the hallmark of Vivekananda’s doctrine is that while it is deeply embedded in India’s past heritage, at the same time, it envisages the vision of future India several decades ahead. Earlier, Vice Chancellor Swami Atmapriyananda, while welcoming Dr Jitendra to the University, said that the student community was keen to listen to his original ideas and appreciated the academic interaction between him and the faculty members of the University.