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Jagannath Chattopadhyay on ABVP: 'Will decide on a case-by-case basis'
- •Higher Education Minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay discussed the new West Bengal government's higher education plans in an exclusive interview with News18 Bangla.
- •Despite being an ABVP office-bearer in his student life, he stated he would not prioritize any single political party or teachers' organization as Higher Education Minister.
- •He emphasized that decisions would be made 'on a case-by-case basis, as per past practice,' aligning with standard administrative functions.
- •The minister affirmed he would not accept unethical demands from student activists and would investigate any administrative role in unethical practices.
- •Chattopadhyay aims to produce talented students from Bengal's universities to serve as ambassadors for the state beyond its borders.
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Jagannath Chattopadhyay stated that because the Higher Education Minister position is administrative, no single political party or specific teachers' organization will be given importance, and decisions will instead be made on a case-by-case basis as per past practice.
The main goal of the government is to produce talented students, researchers, and scholars across institutions like Jadavpur, Calcutta, Presidency, Burdwan, Vidyasagar, Gour Banga, and North Bengal Universities so they can act as Bengal's envoys beyond the state.
He claimed that Bengal's talent has not diminished and that many of India's best government technocrats are Bengali, but noted that the institutional excellence once seen in Bengal is no longer present because the majority of these individuals study outside or abroad.
