Youth should contribute to nation building: LG Sinha

Jammu, Mar 16: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday urged the youth of Jammu and Kashmir to contribute to nation building.

Speaking at the unveiling ceremony of the bust of Maharaja Ranbir Singh at the Central Sanskrit University, Jammu, Kot Bhalwal, and renaming of the university’s Jammu campus as ‘Shri Maharaja Ranbir Singh Campus’, LG Sinha said that the youth must lead the path of principles, building a safer and prosperous J&K.

“Our youth now bear the duty to embrace his expansive, humane values and contribute to nation-building. As today’s J&K embodies Maharaja Ranbir Singh’s foresight, this campus must reflect his ideals,” he said adding that the nation owes Maharaja Ranbir Singh a profound debt for his reforms, building vibrant culture, and forging a robust and thriving J&K.

“Maharaja Ranbir Singh saw J&K as a living entity, not mere land, but a vibrant structure where culture breathed life and reforms channeled energy. For him, its soul resided not just in mountains and rivers, but in intellectual and spiritual values,” the LG said.

He said that Maharaja Ranbir Singh did not merely rule J&K but he bestowed it a new vision, restructured it, illuminated it with knowledge, adorned it with cultural abundance, and left a legacy for generations which is rich on material, intellectual, and spiritual planes.

“Renaming of Central Sanskrit University’s Jammu Campus proves that the consciousness Maharaja Ranbir Singh ignited continues, 150 years on, to guide Jammu and Kashmir’s society,” LG Sinha said.

He emphasised on building a society technologically potent yet humanely sensitive.

The LG called upon the youth to enrich not just India but global intellectual and moral consciousness.

“India, driven by human welfare, remains committed to world peace and shared prosperity. The time has come for India to reclaim its place, guiding a challenge-ridden world. We must steadfastly prepare our youth to forge a formidable India, one that shall knit nations in unbreakable unity, kindling in them the noble pursuit of universal peace and human welfare,” he said.

LG Sinha said that ancient India’s journey was never one-sided: one hand held science, the other culture.

“We emphasised personalities blending Brahmagupta’s intellect and Buddha’s wisdom. This campus must nurture such souls,” he said.

The LG also assured financial assistance for establishment of Gurukul, Sanskrit Pathshala, or Ved Pathshala in the region.

Karan Singh, former Union Minister; Padma Shri Prof Vishwamurti Shastri; Prof Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice Chancellor, Central Sanskrit University, Jammu; Kamal Kishor Mishra, Department of Sanskrit University of Calcutta; Prof R G Murali Krishna, Registrar, Central Sanskrit University, Jammu; Prof Satish Kumar Kapoor, Director, HoDs and faculty of the university, senior officials, prominent citizens and students in large number were present on the occassion.