Nagaland Governor, P.B. Acharya, who made a maiden visit to the Nagaland University (NU) Lumami on November 18, 2016, urged the university to be a centre of knowledge that should be applicable to society.
“Education provided by university should be applicable to social life to create wealth and asset for the state,” stated the governor, who is also the chief rector of NU, during an interaction with various stakeholders of the university.
According to an official bulletin, Acharya also encouraged the Nagas to preserve their identity by protecting their mother-tongue. He said with 16 tribes and sub-tribes in Nagaland, every tribe has an identity, which must be protected before it was wipe out.
Acharya expressed delight that Nagas have a wonderful and rich culture heritage. He however lamented that Nagaland continued to remain poor as money goes into the hands of a few people, in spite of centre providing crores of money. “Nagaland is rich, but Nagas are poor,” said Acharya. Urging the Nagas to change their mindset, the governor remarked that Nagas were by blood talented and wonderful people and a time has come for them to improve their lives and make the state prosperous.
Further, he told the faculties of NU that best universities in the world were not produced by government but were founded by corporates who were once a student of that university. Acharya asked the NU to produce successful people who could become torch bearers in the Naga society.
Governor also asked the vice chancellor to introduce skill subject in the undergraduate and post graduate level so the students could be placed anywhere and were acceptable to the present needs of the society. “They should be our assets and not a burden to the society,” he said.
Acting vice-chancellor of NU, Prof.AK Singh, in his welcome address, expressed gratitude to the governor for being in the forefront in peace making process in the state based on harmony and mutual coexistence through confidence building measures and people to people contact within the State.
‘Ever since the commencement of academic activities in Lumami since 1997, we have come a long way in transforming a Lumami village into a centre of transforming knowledge into the better life of the present and future generations,” stated VC.
Many stakeholders of NU expressed their grievances to the chief rector and representations were also forwarded.
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