‘Country needs to be developed economically’

Vadodara/ Anand: India needs to be economically developed, scientifically advance and militarily strong. This is what Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awardee Dr R Chidambaram, the chief architect of nuclear weapon tests – Pokhran I and Pokhran II – said on Saturday.
Chidambaram was the chief guest at the 8th convocation ceremony of Changa-based Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT).

Delivering his convocation address, one of country’s distinguished experimental physicists and former principal scientific adviser to the Government of India stressed that age has experience while youth has imagination.

“Job of a university is to transfer knowledge without damaging the creativity,” he said, motivating the graduating students that while India is developing, the youth need to accelerate this speed of growth.

A total of 1,995 students including 34 gold medallists were conferred degrees during the convocation ceremony which was held under the presidentship of Surendra Patel.

The ceremony commenced with the grand convocation procession with chanting of ‘vedic’ mantras. The convocation procession was led by Dr Devang Joshi, registrar of CHARUSAT who was joined by the chief guest, the provost, president, members of the governing body and board of management of the university.

A total of 219 students of Faculty of Medical Sciences, 270 students of Faculty of Computer Sciences, 184 students of Faculty of Management Studies, 75 students of Faculty of Pharmacy, 200 students of Faculty of Applied Sciences and 1,047 students of Faculty of Technology and Engineering including 30 PhD graduates were conferred degrees.