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Ambedkar a role model for youth today, says Arjun

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“Learn from his doggedness and determination”

“Well done”: Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh presenting the 3rd Ambedkar Ratan Samman to a student at Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Urging the student community to draw lessons from the inspiring life of the chief architect of the Constitution, B. R. Ambedkar, Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh on Saturday said the youth must contribute towards the development of an ideal society.

Giving away the “3rd Ambedkar Ratna Samman-2007” to students from across the country who performed well in the Class XII examination at a function organised by the Ambedkar Students’ Organisation here, the Minister said: “Students should learn from Dr. Ambdekar’s doggedness and determination. They should help in developing an ideal society where the poor and vulnerable sections of society will get justice.”

“Though there has been an increase in the number of students at different levels of education, unemployment and economic disparity still exist owing to which the youth get disillusioned,” said the Minister. “This is when they get attracted to crime and communalism. The youth should be alert of such forces. Every child who is getting awarded today is an Ambedkar, Gandhi or Einstein. The youth has to take the country to newer heights.”

The Minister awarded 23 students, comprising three from the general category and the rest from Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes, for scoring 90 per cent and above in the Class XII examination conducted by different Boards.

As many as 250 students who scored more then 80 per cent were felicitated, while a large number of children were awarded certificates for having scored 70 per cent and above.

Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Deepak Pental congratulated the young scholars and hoped that most of these meritorious students would get admission to the University.

Former Member of Parliament Surender Mohan and All-India Youth Congress president Ashok Tanwar were among those present at the function.

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