Venkaiah Naidu spikes opposition to globalisation

Bangalore, May 19: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Venkaiah Naidu today said that instead of expressing opposition to Globalisation the country should be prepared to face the challenges of liberalisation and globalisation. Speaking at a function held at the PES Institute of Technology here, he said the people of the country were intelligent enough to face any compeition, but there was need to sharpen the intelligence.

He said, "In a competative world, we have to accept and face the challenges Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation which are meant for prosperty and move at faster rate."

Stating that elections were held every day in the country unlike in earlier days where polls were held only once in five years, Mr Naidu said that elections were affecting the development of the country.

Advising the students to respect tradition, he said that respecting tradition of a country is very much necessary to upkeep the dignity of the country in the world.

He said that language and culture has strong link and hence one should not forget the mother tongue. English might be necessary for work but national language Hindi should be learnt by one and all and one should not forget mother tongue.

Calling for public and private participation in the development, Mr Naidu said that government alone cannot provide jobs to all.

Private sectors should come forward in creating more jobs and there was need for Public-Private participation in improviing quality of education. "The government responsibility can be expected only infrastructure development." Central Food and Technology Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore Director Dr V Prakash, in his address, called upon the students to take up teachers post as there are increse in vacancies as most of the graduates opting for IT and BT jobs.

Dr Prakash said that Engineering graduates should venture in to becoming entrepreneurs instead of seeking jobs. "Market force may scare those who want to start their own companies but one should not stop as if good quality was maintained the market would come to you" he added.

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