The final round of the debate on Gandhian philosophy and its relevance in the 21st century held in educational institutes throughout J&K will be telecast on Oct 2.
SRINAGAR: The final round of the debate on Gandhian philosophy and its relevance in the 21st century held in educational institutes throughout Jammu and Kashmir will be telecast live by Doordarshan on October 2, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Wednesday.
"During my recent visit to Delhi I discussed with Information and broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Das Munshi holding of the state-wide debate and he told me that the concluding event would be telecast live on national channel," Azad said interacting with principals of 29 degree colleges of Kashmir and Ladakh regions here.
The interaction was organised to have feedback on educational and other curricular activities and construction projects, especially in the newly set up degree colleges.
A total of 11 college students, six from Kashmir and five from Jammu, have made it to the final round of the debate to be held on Gandhi Jayanti at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre here.
In the schools category, eight students - four each from Kashmir and Jammu divisions - have been selected for the final round.
The chief minister said the final round of the competition would be simultaneously held for both college and school students.
In both the categories there would be four prizes including Ist prize of Rs one lakh, 2nd prize of Rs 50,000 and two 3rd prizes of Rs 25,000. The winners would also be given trophies and certificates, Azad said adding the prize money involved in the debate is the biggest amount to be given away in the country to students in a debate like this.
He said live telecast would encourage holding of such debates in other parts of the country also
Azad enquired from each principal about the construction of infrastructure facilities in their colleges.
In most of the cases, he was told that the project executing agency JKPCC was slow even where full amount of the cost was released.
He took a serious note of it and called a meeting on Thursday to review the ongoing constructions in colleges.
The chief minister asked the principals to forward complete information about ongoing constructions with names of the project executing agencies.
Responsibility would be fixed for delayed construction and concerned officials would have to face the music, he said.
The Chief Minister also asked for a schedule of Annual Day celebrations in various colleges, saying he would like to attend some of these functions.
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