The Raksha Mantri sought to motivate the students to give their best shot, work as a team and not get swayed away by the successes and failures of life.

Rajnath Singh encouraged them to take inspiration from Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and move forward with vision & knowledge in one hand and centuries-old Indian traditions & values on the other, while striving to achieve the overall objective of taking the nation up the development ladder.

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has called upon the youth to innovate, develop latest technologies and set up new companies, research establishments & start-ups to provide a new acceleration to the Government’s efforts towards making India a more powerful and self-reliant nation. Addressing the students of Visva Bharati University during the convocation ceremony at Birbhum, West Bengal on February 24, 2023,  Rajnath Singh encouraged them to take inspiration from Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore and move forward with vision & knowledge in one hand and centuries-old Indian traditions & values on the other, while striving to achieve the overall objective of taking the nation up the development ladder.

The Raksha Mantri sought to motivate the students to give their best shot, work as a team and not get swayed away by the successes and failures of life. The ability to move forward in a balanced way without getting distracted is the key to success, he said, urging the students to not let ego or arrogance come in their way. “Character building, knowledge and wealth should be given equal weightage. The path of India’s progress goes through the youth. 

The stronger you are, the stronger our country will be,” he said.