Coimbatore: Build a strong India by 2047, governor tells youngsters

COIMBATORE: Governor R N Ravi on Thursday called on the younger generation to come forward to build India as the strongest nation by 2047.
Addressing the 19th convocation ceremony at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham here, he said the sub-regional imbalance could only be solved by the educated and motivated youth.
Ravi said the state was very progressive and topped the country in human development, infrastructure and industrialisation fronts. “Tamil Nadu has more than 50% gross enrolment ratio, compared to the national average of 28%.”
He said every citizen must have access to health, education and drinking water, and no one should be left homeless or hungry.
Pointing out that most of the startups in the country were being floated by young men and women, he said the same creativity was suppressed earlier. “With the creative domains reopening, we can see the growing power of our youth and we need to place trust in them.”
The governor later awarded degrees to 1,808 students - 588 girls and 1,220 boys. The event was attended by Dattatri Salagame, president and managing director of Bosch Global Software Technologies and Sampujya Swami Purnamritananda Puri, general secretary and trustee of Mata Amritanandamayi Math.