While presiding over the Annual Function of National Law University at Ghandal (Shimla), Governor Acharya Devvrat urged the students to adopt realistic approach and values in life besides education.Congratulating the university on its first foundation day, the Governor said that the University, where students from 19 states of the country were getting education, has set up several milestones in one year's journey. He said that discipline was most important aspect and every civil society formed the rules to be followed by its citizen so that the nation could march ahead.He said that it was expected from the students to build a good society and make important contributions to the system.
He said that the goal of education should be developing sensitive and aware human beings with human values of compassion and kindness and added that mere knowledge of few subjects of curriculum was not adequate to achieve the real objective. He said that unless students grew into nation loving citizens, understood the values of patriotism, the country would not progress in right direction. He said that the future of the country rested on the shoulders of youth who should associate themselves with mainstream activities and come forward to work for betterment of the society.The Governor hoped that the University would emerge as leader in socially relevant legal research and education and would strive hard to provide academically excellent, time-efficient and cost-effective legal education in the Country.He announced Rs. 51 thousand towards the University Welfare Fund.Vice Chancellor of National Law University Prof. S.C. Raina briefed about various activities of the University.Registrar Prof. S.S. Jaswal proposed vote of thanks.The Governor also participated in the plantation drive and planted a sapling in University campus.