Mounesh Vishwakarma

Pics: Kishore Peraje

Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)

Bantwal, Dec 16: Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, called upon every citizen of the country to take responsibility in ensuring that country marches ahead towards its goal of becoming a super power, duly striking perfect harmony between ITBT technology, our inspirational past history, and education that brings rich refinement.

He was speaking after dedicating the newly constructed building of Sri Rama degree college by Sri Rama Vidya Kendra at Kalladka on Tuesday December 15 evening, after watching the sports festival held under flood lights.

"Passing academic examinations alone can never be the final goal of education. Our educational system should be enriched with refinement, which enables people to blossom into good citizens and successfully face the challenges one faces in his or her life. Sri Rama Vidya Kendra has been imparting an education which shapes children into fine future citizens. This is an institution where rich values and refinement are being taught," he praised.

He felt that the parents as well as the teachers should give education to the children, backed by the zeal and conviction of a sculptor in breathing in life to his creation. "It is regretful that at some places, education has become a business proposition," he added.

Gadkari informed that the first ever electric bus will begin to move on New Delhi roads this month. He stressed that power-driven transport system has become a necessity to control pollution levels. He felt that the concepts of Make in India and Made in India should get accepted and expanded all through the country. He said that his department will be gifting the first ever electric bus to Lok Sabha.

President of Sri Rama Vidya Kendra, Narayana Somayaji, presided over the function.

Ballari MP, Sriramulu, former minister, Murugesh Nirani, Nagaraj Shetty, entrepreneurs, Biju Ramesh, Suhas Gopinath Bengaluru, Maloy Chatterjee Mangaluru, Shivakumar Bengaluru, Sudhir Hegde Karkala, Soorya Kaladi Kottayam, Narayanaraj, Raman Goel, Krishnamurty, Mumbai MLA, Krishna Hegde, Suresh Shetty Gurme, Vijayavittalanath Shetty, MLCs, Narayana Swamy and Capt Ganesh Karnik, former MLAs, Rukmaya Poojary and Padmanabha Kottary, Srikar Prabhu, Kamala Prabhakar Bhat, Rangamurty, and a number of other dignitaries took part in the programme.

The sports festival presented on the event was complete with adventure sports, artistic mass formations, programmes depicting national integration, patriotism etc.

Convener of the institution, Dr Prabhakar Bhat, welcomed and delivered introductory address. Teachers, Radhakrishna Adyantaya and Jayananda Peraje presented the programme.

Gadkari said he was elated at the mass formations and adventure sports presented by students. "For the first time in my life, I have witnessed such a breathtaking show. The guidance provided by teachers, hard work put in by students under the directions provided by Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat deserve to be appreciated," the union transport minister stated.