Odisha will reach peak of excellence by 2036: Pradhan

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tuesday said that with the blessings of Lord Jagannath Odisha will reach the peak of excellence by 2036.

Anything is possible for Odia children if they want it. Whenever the Odia people get a chance, they have shown their skills and prowess, the Union Minister said during an  interaction with Odia youth participating in the Developed India Youth Leadership Program-2025 here.

Pradhan said that today’s interaction with the successful youth of Odisha who participated in the “Developed India Youth Leadership Interview – 2025” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi is encouraging.

“The desire and concentration among all the youth to develop Odisha is commendable. Odisha youth are the skilled backbone of a developed Odisha and a developed India. There is some or the other talent hidden among all the youth. Only by exploring this talent can we achieve many of our goals,” he said while encouraging the Odia participants.

“The current generation is thinking a lot more than the past generation. We now have the responsibility of a developed Odisha, a developed India on our shoulders. For this, we have to move forward from being content writers to wealth creators,” he added.

He exhorted the students to become employers instead of being job seekers.