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t is said that ‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’. This very phrase was the base of the talk on 19th
ISeptember 2017, by our guest of the 8th Silver lecture series - Hon. Shri. Piyush Goyal.

“Cleanliness shouldn’t be merely restricted to the environment….One must also possess a clear
and clean mind free from all evils & corruption.” These words from the Union Minister clearly sent
a strong and stern message of the incumbent government’s vision towards a new India for striving
towards bringing about a major change and transformation in the lives of the people and to revive
the past glories which have been isolating us for the past few decades.

It was a homecoming of sorts for Shri. Goyal who spent most of his childhood in the neighbourhood
Punjabi colony near G.T.B. Nagar. Reminiscing his earlier days, he aptly shared his childhood
memories describing how he had a great passion for the society and cleanliness at large which
coincidently also happens to be the hallmark of the current government. He spoke in length about the
need for developing one’s personality, for inculcating the habit of free thinking, fostering innovation
and love for humanity which will go a long way in helping out today’s youth for their future when they
emerge out from the cocoon into the real world.
Speaking about the role of government, he laid the roadblock for bringing about equality among

all people across various domains and emphasised the need for inclusive growth which would
pave way for the nation’s all round development. Criticising the people’s approach he urged them
SILVE R LECTURE BY to work harder, faster and better as time is the only aspect which is common amongst all of us

as well as limited in amount. He stressed on the vision of making India a happening nation in
various endeavours and promised in leading the way in doing the same. He set his sight on striving
SHR I PIYUSH GOYAL relentlessly in accomplishing his tasks in order to achieve the objective of making India one of

the developed countries in the world and made an appeal to the audiences present to actively be
involved in the revolution and transformation in making India a leading superpower wherein every
& citizen would get his due share in the progress as opposed to being confined within the few elite
individuals. The hour was concluded with student’s inquisitively asking questions about the various
policies and reforms of the government which Shri. Goyal answered with great aplomb.
RELEASE OF SYNERGY 16-17 The Silver lecture finally culminated with the release of the College Annual Magazine ‘Synergy 16-

17’ at the hands of Shri. Goyal which continued to take giant strides in getting better and better with
every edition and by enticing its readers.

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