Work towards building a developed India, Puducherry L-G urges technocrats

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Lt. Governor K. Kailashnathan astatine  the 12th convocation of National Institute of Technology, Puducherry, astatine  Karaikal connected  Wednesday.

Lt. Governor K. Kailashnathan astatine the 12th convocation of National Institute of Technology, Puducherry, astatine Karaikal connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Lt. Governor of Puducherry K. Kailashnathan connected Wednesday called upon the professionals and technocrats to physique a afloat developed India successful each aspects by the twelvemonth 2047.

Speaking astatine the 12th convocation of the National Institute of Technology, Puducherry, held here, helium said that India was emerging arsenic a planetary person and a rising superpower. The country’s advancement was a operation of contented and exertion and it was moving confidently towards self-reliance, which was to beryllium powered by indigenous innovation, technological excellence, and beardown nationalist spirit.

Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi worked tirelessly to physique a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047, a afloat developed India, the Lt. Governor said that the graduates, professionals, and technocrats should lend towards gathering a developed India. There were galore reasons to consciousness arrogant arsenic Indians whether it was achievements successful sports, science, defence, oregon societal development. India continued to animate the world. The citizens indispensable unite and observe the nation’s occurrence successful each circumstance.

Mr. Kailashnathan said the Centre was giving highest precedence to Science and Technology, due to the fact that technological advancement was the backbone of nationalist development. In hunt of opportunities, the young graduates mightiness question crossed continents. But, wherever they were, they should not hide their roots. They should enactment towards gathering a nine that was safe, fair, and adjacent for everyone, irrespective of caste, sex oregon religion. They should inculcate and beforehand beardown values. Work to physique a nine that is safe, just and adjacent for everyone, irrespective of caste, sex oregon religion.

He said that Mr. Modi had envisioned that existent improvement was imaginable lone erstwhile advancement was inclusive. Establishing method and higher acquisition institutes would make a excavation of talented technocrats and professionals. The state would march towards achieving inclusive growth, Mr. Kailashanathan said and added that the Union Government had allocated ₹55,727 crore for higher acquisition for 2026-27, which was an summation of 11.28% compared to past year. Of this, ₹6,260 crore had been allocated for the National Institutes of Technology. It had highlighted the value of NITs successful nation-building.

Makarand Madhao Ghangrekar, Director, NIT-Puducherry, R. Selvam, Speaker, Puducherry Assembly, P.R.N. Thirumurugan, Minister for Civil Supplies, and S.D. Sudarsan, Executive Director of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Bengaluru, were present.

A full of 226 undergraduate students, 33 postgraduate students, and 33 probe scholars received their degrees.

Published - February 19, 2026 05:09 p.m. IST

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