साहित्यसङ्गीतकलाविहीनः साक्षात्पशुः पुच्छविषाणहीनः ।
तृणं न खादन्नपि जीवमानस्तद्भागधेयं परमं पशूनाम् ॥
- Bhartrihari Neeti Shatakam-Shlok-12
The above-quoted verse aptly indicates the value of finer sensibilities in one’s life. Hence, the education which only helps us grow mechanically, without sensitivity to human feelings and problems, is not only inappropriate but also inadequate and misguided.
I invite all of you to join this joyful academic ride together and enrich and get enriched by the meaningful academic exchanges. With immense delight and pleasure, I welcome you all to Gangadhar Maithani government degree college (Vidyapeeth) Guptkashi, Rudraprayag. The college is surrounded by scenic beauty, sparkling Mandakini River and majestic Chaukhamba hills. Nature bestows its divine presence here with the utmost peace, suitable for a place of education.
The purpose of our college is to provide education to students living in remote areas and impart them with all the suitable means for their growth. College has excellent infrastructural support for carrying out quality education, including, learned faculties in all the subjects, well-furnished classrooms, Computer Laboratory, a well-stocked Library, wi-fi network, seminar hall and a playground etc. to convert our students into best human resources. At present, we have three courses running in our college namely, BCA, B.com and BA with six subjects (Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Economics, Political Science, and Sociology)
This new college would mark a new beginning for the hilly area and to convert Uttarakhand into a model state which promotes a very high level of educational attainment for its population in the field of arts , science and culture, ensures every individual’s personal development to its full potential, vanishes poverty and unemployment through appropriate training in employable skills of all who need them and create an ambience and infrastructure for the growth of excellence in education and research and in the application of computer for developments.
Our aim is to prepare our students for a better tomorrow through education, character-building and holistic development and make them potential enough to contend with challenges in future. We aspire our students to be better human beings, better students, better citizens so that they can uplift themselves, their communities and their country for a better tomorrow. We strive to inspire finer sensibilities and social responsibilities alive in students paving the way for a composite, sustainable and desirable development which venerates the environment as well as human sensitivity while promoting excellence in education.