Punjab:- 108th convocation ceremony of Khalsa College, Amritsar. Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal, Arun Jaitley the Union Minister motivated the students to proceed with the motto of ‘excellence’ in their academic career to become a partner in the growth of the nation. Jaitley emphasized on the need of quality education and said that India now has a 35 crore Strong Middle Class and is now witnessing an increase in service sector. Mr. Jaitley talked about the potential of Punjab in the field of agriculture, tourism, infrastructure and education and congratulated on Mr. Badal as being the pillar of social concord in the country. During the last seven years Punjab had created exemplary infrastructure in the education sector and secured No. 1 position in the country.
Badal stated that Punjab had setup 11 universities and prestigious institutes in the state including Indian School of Business at Mohali and IIT Ropar. Mr. Jaitley and Mr. Badal with Union Food Processing Industries Minister Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Mr. Vijay Sampla, conferred degrees to the 226 meritorious and pass out students of the College.
