India to lead world, surpass China in coming times: Nirmal Singh

JAMMU: The Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh today said that the India has the capacity to lead the world in coming years and the nation can surpass China and other developing nations within a shortest possible time.

"India has the capacity to lead the world in coming years and within shortest possible time it can surpass China and other developing nations," Singh said.

He was speaking at the 1st All India Education Leaders Conference organized here today in which educationists and school principals from different states like Himachal, Punjab, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir were present.

The Deputy Chief Minister said that the principals are the leaders of the education and they have to contribute their bit in ensuring that the academic and education standards are uplifted across the country so that the children undergoing education in their institutions are given quality education and leadership skills.

"We have to ensure that the every child, who is studying in school, matters to prepare them for future so that India can make a mark in the international fora as envisaged by our Prime Minister and Late President APJ Abdul Kalam," he added.

Singh said that by making our younger generation more vibrant by providing them the quality educational avenues and related activities, we can very easily carry forward the concept of Digital India and make our country self sufficient in Information Technology, economy and also create necessary employment opportunities.