Recently Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha addressed the South India BHU Alumni Meet at IICT Auditorium, Hyderabad.

He said the BHU alumni meet reinforces a shared commitment to Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya’s vision and impactful community-building.

“Mahamana’s vision was to create a University that will build a new India. BHU successfully fulfilled his dream. It has not only preserved our core ideals, tradition and values but also shaped the destiny of the country by transforming the entire education system,” the Lieutenant Governor said.

He observed that the Banaras Hindu University nurtured the spirit of freedom movement after its foundation in 1916 and played a key role in awakening consciousness among people. In the post-Independence era, it became Catalyst of socio-economic-industrial change and made an invaluable contribution towards building a strong nation, he said.

He said, “Mahamana’s ideals based on the three prime objectives – Liberate India, rebuild the industries for a developed India and prepare the youth with the best education system for a brighter future of the country, laid the foundation for modern and self-reliant India.

Mahamana had always maintained that India needs economic empowerment and cultural enlightenment and that is why he ensured that BHU to be a confluence of knowledge, culture, patriotism. BHU will always be remembered as the breeding ground of revolutionary ideas that has guided India’s journey towards self-reliance.”