The state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary O. P. Jindal
Global University (JGU) held its 5th annual convocation today at the
Siri Fort Auditorium in Delhi. It was a spectacular event with Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley addressing a gathering of over 2000
students, parents, and faculty members. The presence of Kiran
Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director, Biocon was a source of
inspiration for graduating students who looked upon her as a role model and
felt inspired by her achievements.
Delivering the convocation address, Jaitley highlighted the importance of trained
human resource globally. He said, “In most developed countries population
is reducing” but pointed out that India had
not been able to stabilise its population.
He noted, “While we are increasing in numbers the others
are reducing, human resource becomes a very important economic resource and to
shape these minds, make them globally competitive, make them true global
citizens, you need institutions of excellence. The Jindal Global University, I
have no doubt is certainly going to be one of such institutions.”
The Minister further referred to his budget speech and
said, “Though numerically we have a large number of higher educational
institutions, but none of them emerge in the global ratings and therefore I had
said that we must now concentrate in the next few years on at least 20 of them,
10 run by the state and 10 by the private sector. Select the 20 best and
upgrade them so that they can become world global institutions.”
“JGU is now a part of that competitiveness and you have
to strive to come within the category of the top ten, which then acquire the
global rankings,” added the Finance Minister.
His advice to the graduating batch was to pursue
excellence and think outside the box as “The world has started respecting
excellence much more than ever before, the space for excellence at the top is
always vacant, mediocrity is part of the crowd at the bottom.” He further
highlighted that the market which is willing to absorb fresh graduates is large
and global, thus Jindal students are blessed to have been taught by global
faculty and to have acquired global perspectives.
Speaking of the opportunity that India has, he said, “The whole world is in a
slowdown mode but India is
defying that trend. For the first time in history we are coming out better than
the world.” He further noted, “This is a great opportunity for all of you
graduating students as there is a vacant fast track and students have to strive
to occupy that position.”
Paying tribute to Shri O. P. Jindal the Finance
Minister said, “Mr O.P. Jindal was
a multi-faceted individual, essentially a businessman, but I think he also
realized that businesses alone don't shape the destiny of a nation, policy and
direction does, and therefore he deviated from the conventional course of doing
business and making money and built a parallel political identity.”
He further said, “I am delighted at the fact that Naveen
found it as an appropriate cause to establish a university in his memory.
Establishing such great institutions, I think is writing a fresh script for
history and particularly when future histories are going to be written years
and years from now.”
JGU is a non-profit global university established by the
Haryana Private Universities (Second Amendment) Act, 2009. JGU is established
in memory of Mr. O.P. Jindal as a philanthropic initiative of
Mr. Naveen Jindal, the Founding Chancellor. The University Grants
Commission has accorded its recognition to O.P. Jindal Global University. The
vision of JGU is to promote global courses, global programmes, global
curriculum, global research, global collaborations, and global interaction
through a global faculty. JGU is situated on a 80-acre state-of-the art
residential campus in the National Capital Region of Delhi.
JGU is one of the few universities in Asia that
maintains a 1:15 faculty-student ratio and appoints faculty members from
different parts of the world with outstanding academic qualifications and
experience. JGU has established five schools: Jindal Global Law School, Jindal
Global Business School, Jindal School of International
Affairs, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy
and Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities.
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