Vice-President of India M Hamid Ansari was in Patna on July 12, 2011 to participate in the 94th birth anniversary celebrations of former Bihar Chief Minister Satyendra Narayan Sinha. Bihar Governor Debanand Konwar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and several other important dignitaries participated in the function. Ansari, who was the chief guest in the function delivered the keynote address in the first SN Sinha Memorial Lecture.Earlier, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also felicitated Vice-President M Hamid Ansari.
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S N Sinha was an eminent intelluctual personality who was ahead of his time! He donned several hats and left an indelible mark in every role or responsibility he headed! He brought key reforms in administrative sector and modernised education structure in Bihar(though much of his epoch making policies were reverted by the subsequent government who 'politicised' education for their vested interests and ruined the education infrastructure!)While several institutions have been named after people who have hardly contributed towards education;The state government is yet to implement the popular decision of naming Magadh University as S N Sinha Magadh University.It will be a fitting tribute not to a great statesman of Bihar whose policies are being followed by union HRD ministry!
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