Mangalore, Nov 19: India is the only country in the world where king was not given the highest authority than the scholar, said T V Mohan Das Pai, Director and Head, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Bangalore, inaugurating the new Canara School (CBSE curriculum) dedicated to Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, founder of Canara School on his 100th death anniversary at Dongerkery, on Thursday November 19.
Speaking on the occasion, T V Mohandas Pai, said that his visit to the school was to pay tribute to the great institution , where his dream to achieve education was fulfilled.
He said that this country was built by great men but we don’t remember them and dream of these elders who lost their life for the country. The countries population has grown to 1.15 billion and in next 20 years we can be the biggest economy in the world.
Only 12.4 percent of students aged 18 to 24 are going to colleges and the rest are found working in various places, discontinuing their education and this is the tragedy played by this country. We have to give children a proud country, he urged.
Donors of the new building and patrons of the school were felicitated in the formal function.
MLA Yogish Bhat, Mayor Shankar Bhatt, Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, Dakshina Kannada, Dr N Vinaya Hegde, Chancellor, NITTE University, Dr P Dayananda Pai, Chairman, Century Group, Bangalore, P Sathish Pai, Director, Century Groups Bangalore, M Annappa Pai and U Mohandas Nayak were present on the occasion.
The chief guest and other dignitaries were given a tradition welcome by the students of Canara high school.