Om Birla: Today's youth are job creators and not mere seekers

PRAYAGRAJ: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said India has become a hub of innovation and youths of the country will make the 21st century India's century.
"In this age of information and technology, India's youth are contributing to the development of the nation and the world. Indian youth are establishing startups based on new innovations. Today the entire world is looking towards India for solutions to global challenges," he said while addressing the 19th annual convocation-2022 of Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT)-Allahabad.
He added that: "Today's youth are becoming job creators rather than job seekers, due to which the country is moving ahead on the path of progress."
"Today, India has a new identity of self-reliance and is known as the start-up capital of the world," Birla said.
Guest of honour, Padma Shri Vinod Kumar Singh, Rahul and Namita Gautam Chair Professor, department of chemistry at IIT-Kanpur said: "Our country is full of contrasts as on one hand where many people are living below poverty line and millions are using cellphones, yet we cannot provide quality potable water to several of them."
"It is not that we do not have the money. We just need to make some necessary changes as corruption is proving to be a huge roadblock. Every generation ends some social evil and I urge you all to choose to end corruption right here by taking an oath to lead a honest life and work for the country's cause," he said.
Chairman of board of governors, director of MNNIT and chairman of the senate prof RS Verma presented the progress report of the institute and highlighted MNNIT's achievements in different fields and shared plans as well.
Prayagraj MP Keshari Devi Patel, dean (academic) Prof LK Mishra besides senate members and registrar Ramesh Pandey along with all faculty members were also present.
During the convocation, a total of 1,603 degrees were awarded, including 919 BTech, 436 MTech, 99 MCA, 45 MBA and 22 MSc besides 82 PhD degrees. A total of 304 girls were among those awarded degrees.
Among the passing out students, were 59 foreign students admitted through Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) and another six who had secured admission through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).