Prof Akbar Masood VC of Baba Gulam Shah University , Rajouri -Jammu and Kashmir has expressed deep concern over the present university education system and has said that universities were producing more technical cycopaths and knowledge monaters than actual human beings.

He was addressing the inaugural session of the national seminar on Indian Teaching Traditions and Sanskrit organised by the Binod Behari Mahto Koylanchal university here today .

The three day seminar commenced here todaywith participants discussing the necessity of new education policy amidst Indian teaching traditions and sanskrit at CIMFR campus.

Delivering the keynote address Prof Akbar said that if we want to see Bharat as 'Vishwa guru' in near future we would have to adopt the 'gurukul system of education' for holistic development of students .

Dr RS Dubey VC of Gujrat Central university stressed upon the needs of holistic devlopment of students said that our focus should be that Indian students be shaped as global citizens but rooted in with Indian culture. Sighting the tradition of ancient Indian saints like Shushrut who had mastered surgery and other saints had knowledge of Atom and others who had mastered astrology , Prof Dubey said that Sanskrit as language had played a pivotal then and has to play the same once again .

Discussing new education policy he said all round development based on Indian traditions is the main focus of the policy that is to be introduces in UG courses .Dr HK Singh former VC of JP university Chapra said that around 300 languages of India are most dead. We need to save Sanskrit from that as it's the mother of all languages .

BBMKU VC Dr Sukhdev Bhui, registrar Dr Vikash Kumar besides host of other professors and staff of university were present during the inaugural session of the seminar.The VC and Registrar welcomed the guests and participants .

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