India aspires to be Jagat Guru again: Rajnath Singh

India is striving towards becoming a Jagat Guru once again. It is making efforts in that direction under the leadership of PM Modi.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh feels so. On February 26, Speaking at the 98th Convocation of the Delhi University in New Delhi, he said the dream of the government is to make the country powerful, rich, and also knowledgeable.

He also said that India wants to rise to power in the world and become very powerful not because it wants to scare any country but the purpose is to spread the spirit of welfare to the whole world.

He said that the government has made all efforts to inculcate entrepreneurial spirit among the youngsters. “There were only 500 start-ups in country in 2014. But this number has gone to sixty thousand this year. 45 new unicorns were registered in 2021 taking the number of unicorns in the counry to 83; however in the first 50 days of this year 10 more unicorns have further joined them,” Singh said.

He added, “Youth is the greatest power our country has and its future depends on the youth power. I urge the youth to come forward with a clear objective to take the leadership role to innovate, to invent and establish new companies and research establishment in the country.”

According to the Defence Ministry, “Recalling the ancient roots of the word “Deekshant” (Convocation) in the Taittiriya Upanishad, Shri Rajnath Singh highlighted the importance of values to education. He added that as the students step out into the world, they will have new avenues of learning. He further said that every body of knowledge has an applied aspect just like every theory has an applied science. He urged students to commit to working with their skill set in an applied mode in every field.”