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10 CONVOCATION
Honorable Shri Ganpatbhai Patel, the Patron-in-Chief of Ganpat University, whose
name shines at the core in the establishment of this world-renowned university. Our

respectable comrade and president of Ganpat University Shri Anilbhai Patel who, in
order to build this grand campus to make education accessible to every layman, toiled
hard to procure help from almost every nook and cranny of the world. Today's
distinguished speaker Shri Lata Singh, Executive Director, Public & Communication
Sector, another special guest Dr. Huzaifa Khorakiwala, Executive Director, Wockhardt
Limited and CEO of Wockhardt Foundation, Director General of Ganpat University Dr.

Mahendra Sharma, Members of the board of governance, members of academic
council, trustees of Mehsana District Education Foundation, administrators of various
academic institutions present here from across North Gujarat, scholars, principals,
professors, academicians and all the dear students eagerly anticipating to become
graduates along with their parents.

I experienced something absolutely surreal today as I entered this campus. I saw
different academic institutions and colleges lurking amid lush green trees. My heart
leapt up upon seeing this and was filled with the feelings of joy, pride and utmost
gratification.

My dear students, today I would like to share my thoughts with you on how we all can
come together to shape the future of the state and the country and what can be done to

cater to the needs of tomorrow with the education you have had. I am indeed very much
excited and jubilant in your company today because youth means a small realm of
dreams, a torrent of incessant energy. I am reminded of the words describing the
brimming powers of the youth:

“Horses gallop in the heart of youth, Its soul extends vigorous wings in cheer,
The youth cast its eyes on untrodden realms without fear.”

The hearts of social workers like us, donors like Ganpatbhai and industrialists like
Anilbhai are very much swayed and inspired when we have company of youngster like
you that we can't resist sharing our own thoughts with you. I've come here to invite you
to join hands from tomorrow in Gujarat's journey of progress forward on the path of

development.
The land of North- Gujarat holds a special significance. It's a land of education and

virtue. The presence of a noble person like Ganpatbhai is thoroughly motivating to all of

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