“Don’t fall in trap of material goddesses of ignorance, illusion, corruption, conspiracy, diplomacy and ignore these completely. Be an icon of yourselves and never imitate others,” said Professor Ganeshi Lal, Governor of Odisha. He said this while addressing the graduating students of KIIT Deemed to be University during its 14th Convocation held recently.
Every country of the world is striving for economy supremacy, he added. “You are going to face a world divided by the lines of religion, regions, colour, languages, etc. and the biggest challenge before you is to vanquish these divisions,” the Governor of Odisha told the graduating students. As they advance in their chosen careers, they should not forget to smile, be kind and find peace in the laps of nature, he advised.
He said, “India is not only a country with her land, rivers, mountains and habitations, but for Indians, she is much beyond these things – she is the divine Goddess. Odisha is the state for humanity at large. Son of the soil Professor Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT and KISS is an example of this. KIIT and KISS are divine creations through him. Samanta is bringing smiles to 27,500 underprivileged children. He loves those who have never been loved before. I regard him as an alien”, he added.
Total of 5, 695 students of 2017 – 18 graduating batch of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar received their degrees at its 14th Annual Convocation. This is in the presence of Professor Ganeshi Lal, Governor of Odisha; Ernesto Kahan, SVP, World Academy of Arts & Culture (WAAC), U.S.A. and former VP, IPPNW (Nobel Peace Prize winner – 1985) and other dignitaries. Among them, 77 students got Ph.D. degrees in various disciplines.
