Srinagar, June 02 (Scoop News) – Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday reposed confidence in younger generation for being capable of transforming State’s socio-economic scenario.
Inaugurating Northern Regional Round Table Conference of Deans and Directors of Association of Indian Management School (AIMS) on “Total Quality Management in Business Education-AN Emerging Paradigm” at University of Kashmir Campus here, Omar said that a constant linkage between the educational institutions of the country and the State is imperative to provide a befitting platform for youth to grow and exhibit their capacity and power of delivering.
“You are second to non in excellence and capabilities”, he told the students at Kashmir University (KU)”, asking them to take advantage of right opportunities and exposures and prove their mettle.
“In fact linkage between civil society of the country and the people of Jammu and Kashmir is necessitated in the present scenario”, he said adding that people from outside the State have developed a mindset of visiting here either for State being most beautiful or not visiting here for the place being dangerous one. He said there is dire need for changing this mindset treating Jammu and Kashmirat par with other places which are dangerous but not as beautiful as Kashmir.
The Chief Minister said that during the last year end he had advocated this aspect at the National Human Resources Development Conference at New Delhi. “I am happy that in response to that AIMS is presently here holding Round Table Conference with Business School of University of Kashmir”, he said. He expressed hope that such linkages and associations will develop further providing better field to youth of Jammu and Kashmir to excel and contribute in the development process.
Abdullah said that he has great love for educational institutions and his endeavour is to strengthened and upgrade the universities and help create greater opportunities for youth to seek higher education. “My love for Kashmir University overwhelms me to do whatever possible to make it a prestigious and prime Learning Seat not only in the country but at the global level. My mission is to bloom Kashmir University in all fields of educational excellence and infrastructure development,” he asserted.
Abdullah said that he has flagged capacity building and employability important aspects of policy planning adding that stress has been laid on the development of skills. “We have more than 5 lakh registered unemployed educated youth in the State. My endeavour is to engage about one lakh of them in government sector during next five years. I have to work for creating jobs for rest of 4 lakh persons in the private sector and measures are already afoot in this direction”, he said.
The Chief Minister said that the Business School of Kashmir University is emerging as one of the best institutions of the country and its association with AIMS will help its further upgradation. “I hope the boys and girls coming out of the Institution will make new dent in popularizing the concept of launch of independent economic ventures among the educated youth”, he added.
“A peculiar mindset has developed in youth in Jammu and Kashmir. They think themselves employed when in the Government sector but jobless even if employed in the private sector. This is because our private sector is under developed. We have to focus on this area”, he said.
Omar expressed hope that the Round Table Conference will locate areas needing special attention for relationship development between the State educational institutions and the national academic concerns to thrive this sector.
The Vice Chancellor of Kashmir University, Prof. Reyaz Punjabi, Economic Advisor to the Government, Jalil Ahmad Khan, President AIMS, Prof. Shafali Gautam and Director Business School, University of Kashmir, Shabir Ahmad Bhat also spoke on the occasion.