At the very outset it is my proud privilege and immense pleasure to lead the University, which is situated in one of the most prestigious and esteemed districts of West Bengal, the district of Dakshin Dinajpur and is ahead of many of the Districts of West Bengal in terms of its history, culture, heritage and the rate of literacy.
With these gifted supports and the resources around, both Human and Natural, I devote myself to the service of developing this venerated University to the Global standards and serve my treasured students, alumni, and the dedicated staff.
At this juncture, I am prompted to use a quote by Sir Albert Einstein,
“Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think”.It is correct that we are in a very primitive stage of our journey, but our sincere efforts along with the constant support and able guidance from the Dept of Higher Education, Govt of West Bengal and from the office of the Hon’ble Chancellor, we will definitely allure the intellectual elites for teaching and research so that our students become juggernauts in the world of new interconnections. Our graduates, postgraduates and scholars will prove themselves in this borderless globe of technology in coming years, we believe.
It has been an endeavour to expand our presence to the inaccessible regions of the district as well as the rest part of the state through virtual presence and become a permeating centre of knowledge. We seek to empower every inquisitive soul with the best available human and natural resources and create conducive ambience for the entire University fraternity, students, research scholar, faculty, officer and non-teaching employee in order to materialize their potential.
Our aim is to explore and cultivate positive ideas and nurture the young minds to develop openness of thoughts, promote student interest and innovation and provide a hub to promote unity in the diversity of India. It is our earnest desire to touch the lives of every student by inculcating sincerity, efficiency, creativity and an urge to work for the betterment of the marginalized sections of society. We attempt to kindle their sense of commitment to human values. It is our determination to develop nation leaders fully equipped with intelligence and inquisitiveness, and deeply committed to human values
Our students form the core of our existence as an institution, and we want to give wings to their dreams. I convey my best wishes and sincerely hope that the students will make the best use of the opportunities to become excellent professionals, entrepreneurs and great human beings.
We have a plan to establish new centre for excellencies in biological, physical and social sciences in collaboration with lead Institutes from India and abroad to provide opportunity to the young community to have international exposure, in near future.
We also wish to collaborate with National and International Institutes to establish International Intern programs and Semester exchanges and accreditations involving our post graduate students, research scholars and faculties.
Following the National Education Policy 2020 in the University curriculum, that contributes directly to transforming our nation sustainably into an equitable and vibrant knowledge society, Dakshin Dinajpur University (DDU) would be a blended model retaining the very rich local culture and inculcating the best of modern education making it student centric evolving itself as a Model University, rich in academics and sound in infrastructure. Staff and students will work together within and beyond the University to foster a vibrant learning community at tentative to the importance of promoting sustainability and social justice.
At this point let us remember the famous quote of Swami Vivekananda, that states,
“Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man”.I am confident that the DDU fraternity will produce excellent scientists, technocrats, visionary leaders, competent researchers and teachers in the fields of humanities, science & technology, engineering, management and social sciences, who will not only bring laurels to the university but also make the nation proud.
I would like to conclude by quoting কবিগুরু রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর,
“নিশিদিন ভরসা রাখিস, ওরে মন, হবেই হবে। যদি পণ করে থাকিস সে পণ তোমার রবেই রবে। ওরে মন, হবেই হবে ॥ পাষাণসমান আছে পড়ে, প্রাণ পেয়ে সে উঠবে ওরে, আছে যারা বোবার মতন তারাও কথা কবেই কবে ॥“I like to thank you for your time and attention and looking forward to be working with you for making this University a place of choice.
We invite you for your whole-hearted intellectual contribution to take this temple of learning to newer heights.
Best wishes!
Professor Pranab Ghosh, PhD, FICCE, FRSC
Research Fellow, INTI International University, Malaysia.
Vice-Chancellor
Dakshin Dinajpur University, Balurghat, W.B., India -733101
[email protected]
