Work On Innovative Ways Of Alumni Engagement: PM Modi Tells Educational Institutions

New Delhi: Stressing on strong, vibrant and active alumni network, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged educational institutions on Sunday to adopt innovative methods and develop creative platforms to engage with alumni.

“I would like to urge former students to keep consolidating their bonding with the institution in which they have studied. Whether it is at the level of the school, college, or university. I also urge the institutions to work on new and innovative ways of alumni engagement and develop creative platforms so that alumni can be actively involved,” PM Modi said during his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’.

The Prime Minister said that a strong, vibrant and active alumni network is required not only in big colleges and universities but also in village schools.

“You are a student of an institution only till you study there, but you remain alumni of that institution lifelong. After leaving school or college, two things never end – one, the influence of your education, and second, your bonding with your school or college. Whenever alumni interact with each other, in their memories of school or college, greater time is given to reminiscing about time on campus and moments spent with friends than about books and studies, and, from these memories, a feeling is born to do something for the institution,” Modi said.

“What can bring greater happiness than to lend a hand in the development of the place where your personality was moulded? I have read certain such efforts, where the former students have given back to their old institutions in a great measure,” the PM added.