Renowned comedian and Member Parliament, Sangrur, Bhagwant Mann today interacted with the students of Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh on “Empowering Young India through Union Budget-2016”.He was the Chief Guest and key note speaker in the seminar being organized today at Aryans campus. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the seminar.Bhagwant Mann while interacting with the students said that India can become super power only if its youth is empowered. He asserted that education should be the top priority in any budget. He said that because of the poor policies of the State Government and delay of scholarship amount in Punjab, the students, parents, and colleges are facing hardships.Mann further assured that he will try to persuade Union Government to start new scholarship schemes for different categories of the students. Not only this, he said that he will raise voice for those students who are finding it tough to get education loan from banks. He asked Government to start giving interest free education loan to the students.
Earlier in his speech Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group requested Bhagwant Mann to raise issues various including Scholarship for Punjab OBC students, Release of pending amount of SC Scholarship of 2014-15 and full amount of 2015-16 year, delay in MHRD scholarship, full scholarship to minority students, Scholarship for economic weaker sections of the society, Interest free education loan etc.Mann while further interacting with the students said that Start-Up India, Stand-Up India is not only enough, Government should fund every young entrepreneur who wants to start any type of business so the students should try to become job providers rather than job seekers.While motivating the students, Mann further said that youth should build leadership qualities and play active role in diagnosing and solving the problems at his village, city, state and country.Dr. Parveen Kataria, Director General, Aryans Group; Dr. Manjula Kataria, Principal, Aryans Degree College; Dr. A.L. Gaaba, Principal; Prof. B.S. Sidhu, Registrar; Prof. Tarsaim Kumar, Dean Acadmics; Dr. Abhishek, Director, Placements; Mr. Sanjeev Bhardwaj, Director, Corporate Relations; Ms Manpreet Mann; Ms Kusum Yadav; Ms Ashima Dhiman etc were also present on the occasion.