Bengaluru, Apr 12 (UNI) The Indian Higher Education system needs to reinvent itself to respond to the emerging challenges of rapidly changing knowledge economy, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said
here on Thursday.
Delivering Convocation address at the 20th Annual Convocation of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), he said the demand for Healthcare services in our country will undoubtedly be growing and when they treat a large volume of patients, the experience will broaden professional skills.

If the Healthcare professionals can keep updating their knowledge and skills by learning from the latest advances across the globe, they can certainly emerge as the leaders in their profession, he added.

Mr Naidu said those who were graduating today will go through a transition time when they were at the threshold of becoming full-fledged healthcare professionals, ready to take on the real and continuous challenges that are going to become an integral part of their life.

The Vice-President said India has made rapid strides in the last two decades, with the proportion of people living in poverty falling by half. However, this period of rising prosperity has been marked by a “dual-disease burden”, a continuing rise in communicable diseases and a spurt in non-communicable or “lifestyle” diseases. We have to address both these health concerns, he said.

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala, who is also the Chancellor of the varsity and Dr M K Ramesh, Vice-Chancellor RGUHS were also present during the Convocation.
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