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M. Vijayanand, erstwhile Chief Secretary of Kerala, connected Wednesday (October 22) said that erstwhile IAS serviceman the precocious S.R. Sankaran, wide known arsenic people’s IAS officer, was a saint among civilian servants and that civilian work aspirants should travel successful his footsteps.
Mr. Vijayanand was speaking arsenic main impermanent astatine a programme organised by the S.R. Sankaran Memorial Trust successful relation with Andhra Loyola College (Autonomous) astatine the assemblage present to people the erstwhile IAS officer’s 91st commencement anniversary.
Speakers besides included G. Haragopal, renowned intelligence and visiting prof astatine National Law School of India University(NLSIU); G. Narendra Kumar, director-general of National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad; and P.M. Sowjanya, adjunct determination manager astatine Indira Gandhi National Open University, Hyderabad. Also contiguous was T. Vijay Kumar, Advisor to the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
They said Sankaran dedicated his beingness for the payment of the mediocre and the downtrodden and won the hearts of galore though his simplicity and humaneness. His contributions to abolishing bonded labour successful the state and eradicating manual scavenging besides were recalled.
“Sankaran ne'er fell for the temptations of wealth and power. He ne'er gushed astir what helium did for the people,” remembered Mr. Vijayanand.
While galore administrators deduce powerfulness by virtuousness of their position, Sankaran’s powerfulness was his motivation authority, Mr. Haragopal said. “Many of america person definite values successful life, but not galore of america practise them. Sankaran did not conscionable speech astir them, but stood by them and practised them,” recalled Mr. Haragopal, explaining wherefore successful the existent era, wherever dehumanisation is becoming much common, remembering Sankaran, whose connection was ‘humanise the world’, is important.
Pointing retired that Sankaran had the courageousness to situation the presumption quo and alteration and amended the lives of people, Mr. Narendra Kumar urged students to look up to his beingness arsenic an illustration and person a acceptable of principles and intent successful life.
