Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation on the 133th episode of the radio talk-show Mann ki Baat . Modi covered a wide range of topics during the show, and spoke to the founders of a Bengaluru-based space tech start-up. Here are the top highlights from the Prime Minister's national address on Mann ki Baat Candid conversation with GalaxEye founders: PM Modi spoke to the five-founding members of Bengaluru-based start-up GalaxEye.
The founders of this emerging start-up are all alumnis of the Indian Institue of Technology, Madras. Modi heard the insights on what the start-up is based on, and how it helps work towards developing India's space tehcnology with the help of industry experts from ISRO and other institutes, from the IITians. I had the opportunity to go to IIT Madras last year, on the occassion of the institution's annual convocation ceremony.
IITs are undoutedly one of the most prominent educational institutes in the country, and it is good to see that such talented individuals are emerging from there, Modi stated. Indian youth is now working in India instead of moving aborad for higher education, and emerging as young entreprenuers in different fields, and to see them shine specifically in space and sciences is a vision, agreed Modi as he heard what the GalaxEye On 23rd August, the nation marked the first National Space Day, celebrating the success of Chandrayaan-3. Last year, on this day, Chandrayaan-3 had made a successful landing on the southern part of the moon at the Shiv-Shakti point, PM Modi stated.
Viksit Bharat Viksit Bharat is a vision for the 1.4 billion people in india. I urge the nation to take this responsibility, and welcome you all to pitch in with your ideas to help make this vision, India's reality, said Modi.
During the freedom movement, countless people from all walks of life came forward, even though they had no political background. They devoted themselves entirely to India's independence. Today, to achieve the vision of a Viksit Bharat, we need to rekindle that same spirit once again, PM Modi stated.
Youth in Politics This year from Red Fort, I have urged one Lakh Youth who are not from a Political background to connect with the political system. This point of mine has garnered tremendous response. We thus come to know that a large number of our youth are eagerly ready to enter politics.
All they are looking for is the right opportunity and apt guidance, Modi said further. I have also received letters from youth across the country on this subject. Enormous response is being received on social media as well.
People have sent me many kinds of suggestions. Some youth have written in their letters that it is truly inconceivable for them. On account of the absence of a political legacy on the part of their grandfather or parents, they could not enter politics despite wanting to, said the Prime Minister.
Innovation across India Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh : Something amazing is happening in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, which you must know about. Our sanitation workers have done wonders there. These brothers and sisters have shown us that the message of 'Waste to Wealth' has been transformed into reality, Pm Modi said.
This team has created amazing artworks from waste in a park in Jhabua. For this work, they collected plastic waste, used bottles, tyres and pipes from the surrounding areas. These artworks also include helicopters, cars and cannons.
Beautiful hanging flower pots have also been made. Here, used tyres have been used to make comfortable benches. This team of sanitation workers has adopted the mantra of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, PM Modi explained further.
Arunachal Pradesh : Our young friends of Arunachal Pradesh are second to none in their love for animals. Some of our young friends in Arunachal have started using 3D printing technology - do you know why? Because they want to save wild animals from being hunted for their horns and teeth. This team, led by Nabam Bapu and Likha Nana, does 3D printing of different parts of animals, the Prime Minister stated.
Be it the horns or teeth of animals, all these are prepared through 3D printing. Then things like dresses and hats are made from this. This is a great alternative in which bio-degradable material is used.
Such wonderful efforts cannot be appreciated enough. I would say that more and more start-ups should come up in this field so that our animals can be protected and the tradition can also continue, he said further. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel ).
