Visit of Union Ministers lighted up Sahyadri
18-May-2017
Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship, Mr. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Union Minister of State in
Finance and Corporate Affairs visited Sahyadri along with other
dignitaries. Mr. Nalin Kumar Kateel, Member of Parliament facilitated
this visit as a part of their "Workshop for Beneficiaries" on MUDRA
Yojana, Start Up India & Stand Up India which was held in Sahyadri
Campus.
While addressing Sahyadrians, Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy extended his deepest
condolence to the Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and
Climate Change, Mr. Anil Madhav Dave who passed away this morning. He
then informed the gathering of his urgency to leave and quickly
appreciated the B.E students who brought laurels to Sahyadri by
participating in competitions at IITs/NITs and also took pride in
congratulating them by saying that these students are much better than
them as they won places in top engineering institutions of the country.
He then inaugurated "Tech Vision 2017", an intra-collegiate project
competition and congratulated the participants for their extraordinary
projects displayed and presented during the site tour. He also released a
book on "First Year Engineering Students Achievements" which talks
about the success stories of the student’s participation at IITs and
NITs.
Mr.
Arjun Ram Meghwal, during his interaction with Sahyadri Management and
Staff team, promoted the concept of Start Ups to be driven by the
institution & was delighted on viewing that several Start Ups
already existed in Sahyadri.
During his speech at the "Workshop for Beneficiaries", he had words of
praise for Mangaluru being the Education Hub in addition to Skills which
can be used effectively through MUDRA Yojana for the development of the
nation. He clarified that GDP has three baskets – Consumption,
Investment & Export. Hence the loans granted through MUDRA Yojana
increases consumption due to increased productivity, increases
investment through profits and also reduces Exports. In this whole
process, the GDP increases and Karnataka will lead in the contribution
to GDP of the nation in the years to come.
Initially, people had skill however they could not Start Up & Stand
Up as they did not have guarantee for their Skill, however with Skill
India, they get certified and the Honourable Prime Minister, Mr.
Narendra Modiji has taken the guarantee for Mudra Loans on himself. He
concluded his talk by saying Year 2017 is a year of Economic Reforms for
India as there are various economical initiatives taken this year.
Mr. Nalin Kumar Kateel while addressing the gathering briefly described
the initiatives of Skill India which is a measure proposed to retain
Indian talents by providing 3/6 months and also one year course on Skill
Development. This would in turn lead to Make in India through MUDRA
Yojana. He concluded by giving a gist of how funds have been allocated
and effectively utilized in Dakshina Kannada District under various
programmes on Education, Skill Development, Upliftment of Women,
Infrastructure, Rural Development and so on.
The organizers of the "Workshop for Beneficiaries" thanked Mr. Manjunath
Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation for his support in the smooth
conduct of the programme.