Bhubaneswar: Lack of proper management is the root cause of illiteracy, poor primary healthcare and lack of access to basic amenities in India, says Odisha Governor S.C. Jamir.
“Why is it that a nation of more than a billion despite being endowed with so many natural resources of substantial quantities lags behind in economic growth” asked Jamir while addressing the first convocation of Xavier University Bhubaneswar (XUB) and 24th convocation of the Xavier institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB) on March 27 at XIMB premises.
“While we are able to spend spacecrafts to Mars, we cannot take literacy, primary healthcare and access to basic amenities to the masses. I think what we lack is proper management. I mean management of materials, natural resources and human resources,” the governor added.
“We have to mange one billion strong populations so that they become an asset for the nation and not its liability. This is the greatest challenge before the nation and it is also before our management professionals to ensure both economic development and social development,” the governor continued.
Jamir said it was a widely accepted fact that the economic development of a nation should nurture and further social development. Social development, in turn sustains economic development.”
India faces many inter-regional and intra-regional disparities in terms of socio-economic development. Unless society as a whole is equitably developed and can both support and sustain economic growth, the country cannot achieve all-round development, the governor told the 403 graduating students.
The students were from Doctoral-level Fellow Programme in Management, Masters in Business Administration, Masters in Human Resource Management and Masters in Rural Management and Post-graduate Diploma in Management.
Jamir presented medals to meritorious students followed by the presentation of graduates of various courses by the respective Deans.
XIMB and XUB, one of the premier B-Schools of India and a private university of global repute have set a benchmark in the field of management education and has helped build the nation by educating young minds.
Over these years, the institute has seen glorious achievements in the corporate arena. Xavier University, in its first year of operating is already making prominent presence in the industry and is imparting world class professional and technical knowledge by conducting numerous and internal programs under its umbrella.
Others who spoke on the occasion include Rajive Kaul, chiarman NICCO Corporation Limited Kolkata and chairman of the XUB, XIMB Board of Governors, Jesuit Father Paul Fernandes, Vice-Chancellor and Director of XUB, XIMB, and Jesuit Father Antony Uvary, Registrar and Associate Director, XUB, XIMB.
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