Jammu, March 25 J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday called on stakeholders to collaborate and create an environment that fosters a strong professional community.
The LG directed stakeholders to prioritize collaboration and to create an environment that fosters a strong professional community through networking, best practices, national and international exposure, and joint training programs.
"The challenges today are complex and multi-faceted. Their solutions are only possible through collective effort, and we must focus on this to actively drive the rapid growth of Jammu and Kashmir," the LG said.
He emphasized that people from different sectors must come together to deliberate, share experiences, and find solutions together. He said that through cooperation and dialogue, a strong, inclusive development model for the Union Territory could be forged.
The LG was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Indian Society for Training & Development's Jammu Chapter at Padma Shri Padma Sachdev Government PG College for Women, Gandhinagar, Jammu.
He extended his felicitations to the entire team of the Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD) for the new beginning. He said that the ISTD's Jammu Chapter would play a crucial role in strengthening the learning and development ecosystem and would position Jammu as a regional hub for training and professional development.
The LG called on the ISTD's Jammu Chapter to focus on job creation and entrepreneurship, and to make local talent more globally competitive. "The future is full of challenges, but it is also brimming with opportunities. We must ensure that we are prepared to seize these new opportunities," he said.
The LG observed that the purpose of education is not merely to impart knowledge, but to prepare students for life's challenges and opportunities. He called for focusing on soft skills, research, entrepreneurship, and a startup culture. He added that the education sector must bring about broad transformation through mentoring and academia–industry collaboration.
The LG called upon the ISTD members to put special focus on training, research, and collaboration in industries, startups, and the agriculture sector of Jammu and Kashmir to sharpen both productivity and market linkage.
He noted that the entire industrial ecosystem was changing, and that, given the shifts underway, Jammu and Kashmir's industrial landscape must continually invest in new skills to enhance productivity.
"We must train our farmers in modern technology, scientific methods, and resource management to understand climate change, water crisis, and soil quality. At the same time, we must train them to produce more crops with fewer resources and to market their products more effectively," the LG said.
The LG stated that administration is the backbone of any nation, and today, citizens expect transparency, accountability, and efficiency from it. He said that the administrative machinery must also evolve with time and become completely citizen-centric.
"We must empower individuals and institutions to confront emerging challenges head-on, so that India's dream of becoming the world's greatest nation is realised. Universities and institutions must join hands with the ISTD to give concrete shape to this resolve," the LG said.
He observed that amid all transformation, one truth holds firm: the most powerful instrument of change available to any state, nation, or institution is not technology alone, nor capital alone, nor natural resources alone, but a trained, developed, and awakened mind.
"The real instrument of change is a trained, developed professional mind. Trained human resources will become the foundation of our progress, the energy behind our inclusive growth, and a real vehicle for shaping the future," the LG added.
Senior officials, heads of educational institutions, and students attended the inaugural ceremony in large numbers.
