| Tuesday, July 01, 2008
At convocation, Barnala departs from tradition
Consoles father of a topper who died in a road accident and
leads standing ovation for another student
Governor Surjit Singh Barnala presents a certificate and a
medal to Kailasam, father of Kulandaivel, who died in a road
accident. Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry Minister Pongalur
N. Palanisamy
is in the picture
Chennai: The 12th convocation of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and
Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) on Monday turned out to
be more than the usual occasion for handing over certificates
to graduating veterinarians. Governor Surjit Singh Barnala,
who distributed certificates, did a little more: he consoled
the father of a topper who died recently and led a standing
ovation for another student.
Kailasam, father of Kulandaivel who died in a road accident,
walked up to receive a medal from the Governor. When he broke
down, Mr.Barnala consoled him.
The star of the evening was J. Lakshmi Kripa, who took home
31 medals, and received a standing ovation, too. The Governor
himself stood up and applauded, inviting the audience to follow
suit. Mr. Barnala awarded degrees to 210 candidates in person,
and a total of 77 medals to 33 students, in the presence of
Minister for Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry and Pro-Chancellor
Pongalur N. Palanisamy.
Entrepreneurial spirit
Earlier, delivering the convocation address, B.M. Vyas, Managing
Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, urged
the graduating veterinarians to develop an entrepreneurial spirit.
Instead of looking to the government for employment, they could
start their own remunerative career. They would relish the liberty
and freedom of doing so.
MOMENTS OF JOY AND POIGNANCY: J. Lakshmi
Kripa who bagged 31 medals at the convocation of the Tamil
Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University held in Chennai
on Monday.
Pointing out that animal husbandry, fisheries, poultry and dairy
farming offered aspiring entrepreneurs a wealth of opportunities,
Mr. Vyas urged the graduands to change rapidly, keeping pace
with the requirements. Veterinary expertise would be required
in developing nutritious feed and fodder, both in the rural
as well as urban sector. There were also a number of opportunities
in the veterinary pharmaceutical industry. He said veterinary
professionals have an extremely important role to play in the
economy and socio-economic development. Their mission should
be to take science and technology to the doorsteps of the farmer.
Vice-Chancellor P. Thangaraju said the university would forge
more international collaborations in future. It had recently
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Virginia-Maryland
Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, U.S. and Chittagong
Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh. The State
Government, he said, had sanctioned two schemes for setting
up an ethno-veterinary herbal research and training unit and
developing a vaccine against coliform mastitis, with a financial
assistance of Rs.35 lakh.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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