Time for India to guide challenge-ridden world again: Lt Guv
Unveils bust of Maharaja Ranbir Singh at the Central Sanskrit University
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday emphasised the need to build a society that is technologically potent yet humanely sensitive, and said that time has come for India to reclaim its place in guiding a challenge-ridden world.
He called upon the youth to enrich not just India but also the global intellectual and moral consciousness.
Speaking after unveiling a bust of Maharaja Ranbir Singh at the Central Sanskrit University here, Sinha said, “India, driven by human welfare, remains committed to world peace and shared prosperity. Time has come for India to reclaim its place, guiding a challenge-ridden world.”
The lieutenant governor, who also renamed the university’s Jammu campus as Shri Maharaja Ranbir Singh Campus, said, “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 ancient India’s journey — holding science in one hand and culture in the other — was never one-sided.
“We imbibed personalities from Brahmagupta’s intellect and Buddha’s wisdom. This campus must nurture such souls,” he said.
He also promised financial assistance to establish gurukuls, Sanskrit pathshalas and Ved pathshalas in the region.
Calling upon the youth to build a technologically strong yet compassionate society, Sinha said, “We must build a society technologically potent yet humanely sensitive. Youth must enrich not just India but global intellectual and moral consciousness. India, driven by human welfare, remains committed to world peace and shared prosperity.”
“Shri Maharaja Ranbir Singh saw Jammu Kashmir 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 Lieutenant Governor said.
The Lieutenant Governor said that Shri Maharaja Ranbir Singh did not merely rule Jammu Kashmir 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.
The Lieutenant Governor emphasised on building a society technologically potent yet humanely sensitive. He called upon the Youth to enrich not just India but global intellectual and moral consciousness.
The Lieutenant Governor said that ancient India’s journey was never one-sided: one hand held science, the other culture.
“We emphasized personalities blending Brahmagupta’s intellect and Buddha’s wisdom. This campus must nurture such souls,” he further said.
Dr Karan Singh, former Union Minister; Padma Shri Prof. Vishwamurti Shastri; Prof. Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice Chancellor, Central Sanskrit University, Jammu; Dr 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.
