Your degree not your destination; it is like a runway for your flight of success: LG Sinha to J&K youth

STC NEWS DESK
JAMMU, AUGUST 21 (STC): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said that J&K youth are looking to create jobs rather than wait for them.
He was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a series of new infrastructure facilities at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), here today. He said, “Today’s youth are increasingly looking to create jobs rather than wait in line for them. Such shift in aspiration is central to the vision of a self-reliant Jammu Kashmir.”
The newly inaugurated facilities include the Unnati Girls Hostel, Centre for AI and ML in Agriculture, the Centre for Mushroom Research and Innovation, the Advanced Sericulture Laboratory, and the Centre for Digital Media and Publication.
He described the additions as more than physical infrastructure, calling them a commitment to the region’s innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers and farming families.
The Lieutenant Governor said, “I want to tell all students that your degree is not your destination; rather, it is like a runway for your flight of success. SKUAST-Jammu will give you knowledge, but your curiosity will give you new thoughts and ideas. Your courage will turn that idea into a startup, and if you continue to advance that startup with patience, honesty, and consistent hard work, one day that same startup will provide employment and dignity to someone who today is sitting exactly where you are. That is why I often say that the truest meaning of a Self-Reliant Jammu & Kashmir is a region where every young citizen becomes an employer in some form, according to their ability and talent.”
LG Sinha further stated that no entrepreneurship revolution can be complete without the equal and active participation of women. And no economy can truly become strong until women are equal partners in it. “I do not just want to see women present in enterprises; I want to see enterprises led by women. You must support those Self-Help Groups and Farmer Producer Organizations that gain equal access to finance, technology, and markets. Support such women through your research and innovation who start their own businesses and then, through those same businesses, create employment opportunities for other women,” the Lieutenant Governor said.

(Straight Talk Communications)