Quality education must for students from varied backgrounds, says Vice-Chancellor
The Hindu
Azim Premji University hosts symposium on free digital translations repository, emphasizing importance of quality education in Indian languages.
Azim Premji University organised a symposium and workshop on free digital translations repository at Sangolli Rayanna College in Belagavi on Thursday.
Vice-Chancellor, Rani Channamma University, C.M. Thyagaraja inaugurated Anuvada Sampada symposium and workshop.
Prof. Thyagaraja and other resource persons spoke on the availability of Quality Educational Resources in Indian Languages - Challenges and Opportunities.
Prof. Thyagaraja said that translation is the only way to see that the deprived classes get access to knowledge and information in various walks of life.
“The need for knowledge application, social-oriented quality education is very important for us. Students should get valuable education. Our responsibility is to enrich lives through enlightened education. A humane society should be built with the dream of development by providing quality education to students from different social backgrounds,” he said.
Principal of Sangolli Rayanna College M.G. Hegde said that “translation is the wealth we have in the true sense of the word.”
“Translation is fundamental to the intellectual development of a country. It is never a burden, but an asset. However, it has to be used extensively and properly,” he said.
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The session brought together eminent speakers including—IIMB Director Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan; Shri K. Sanjay Murthy, Secretary, Ministry of Education, Government of India; Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health; Mukesh Bansal, CEO of Curefit & Founder of Meraki Labs; Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan, OB&HRM area, and Chairperson, Digital Learning; and Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula, Entrepreneurship area, and Chairperson BBA (DBE), to address the inaugural cohort attending the session.
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