Brahmavar, April 1: The UGC-funded women's hostel of Crossland College, Brahmavar was inaugurated by Prof. T.C. Shivashankara Murthy, Vice Chancellor, Mangalore University on Friday.
In his inaugural address he stressed the need for an evergreen revolution, through quality education and good infrastructure. “Today's youth are all innovative and have constructive ideas which can be further enriched if they are given good infrastructure and quality teachers”, he said.
Mr Murthy said that India can become number one economic power in the world if youths are given good quality higher education. Youth should go for higher education because real education includes the social, cultural and spiritual development of a country, he said.
He also said that the quality of our graduates mainly depend on the quality of the teachers. Importance should be given to talent, infrastructure and fund only then higher education will improve and India can export their skilled workforce to other countries. He also thanked the Management of the college, Priority Educational Foundation for endowing an amount of Rs. 1 lakh, to institute a Gold Medal in memory of the founder of the institutions in the campus late Dr. C.T. Abraham.
The Management has requested the Vice Chancellor to institute a Gold medal to be presented to the first rank holder in the BA degree exams of Mangalore University.
Prof. Mathew C. Ninan, Managing Trustee of Priority Educational Foundation addressed the gathering .The hostel constructed at a cost of Rs.48 lakhs will be admitting students from next academic year.
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