President Pranab Mukherjee Urges Students to Take More Research work

President Pranab Mukherjee addressed a select gathering at the Rashtrapati Bhawan's iconic Yellow Drawing Room to mark the closing of the centenary celebrations of Ramjas College. He interacted with the students of the college and exhorted the students to indulge in research at higher education institutions.

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The President urged the students to foster a spirit of inquiry and said that knowledge is going to be the order of this age. He further said that India has excellent NITs, IITs, management development institutions that offer 100 percent campus recruitment. He added that many of the graduates from these top colleges and Institutions are heading world-class institutions all over the world. This is the bright side of India, said the President.

He added that he unhappy that no Indian scholar, working in at any University of India, has won a Nobel Prize since 1930. It was C V Raman who did it 80 years back. He asked whether India has not been able to create the kind of conducive atmosphere to do research.

He also made a reference to a global ranking of top 200 universities in the world. He expressed his displeasure that no a single Indian University figured there. However, of late two Universities have made their presence at very lower positions.

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On the occasion, he also released a special volume on the history of the college, set up in 1917 and a centenary commemorative stamp. He urged the students to involve in research work. If the bright students of the country devote more time in research work then the country will benefit more, he said. The country does not lack any talents, it just needs to build an atmosphere conducive to the research work.