Time has come for India to produce its own Bezos, Zuckerberg: Governor Bais

Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais on Saturday said that its time for India to produce its own Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg He urged the students to come up with innovative ideas to make the country a developed nation by 2047 a PTI report saidThe governor was speaking at the convocation ceremony of a private management institute at Mira Road on the outskirts of MumbaiReferring to the Viksit Bharat 2047 Voice of Youth vision which was recently launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week Ramesh Bais said that the students graduating this year will be at the peak of their professional careers in 2047 as per the PTIDestiny has given students a unique opportunity to transform India from a developing nation to a developed nation he said stressing that many countries of the world have taken a big leap to become developed nations at different timesAfter the HiroshimaNagasaki bombings Japan rose from the ashes to become a leading manufacturing nation South Korea China Singapore Malaysia and other countries have also taken transformative leaps changing the course of their development history Today is the time for each of us to play our part in the journey of transformation said the Maharashtra governor according to the PTI reportGovernor Bias said that many IITians and management graduates are opting for jobs in other countries with attractive packages which is causing a massive brain drainBut I am optimistic that there will come a stage when there will be reverse migration in India I dream of a day when our management graduates will create their own worldclass management firms and consulting firms Our country will have its own legal firms its own Big Four taxation and audit firms he said as per the PTIBig Four refers to four large accounting firmsDeloitte Ernst amp Young EY PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC and Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler KPMGThe countrys success in the Chandrayaan mission solar mission AdityaL1 Asian Games and other sporting events has boosted Indians confidence and instilled a cando spiritAppealing to the students to keep the flame of we can in their hearts he said I urge you to be entrepreneurs innovators and risktakersThe governor added Amazon Flipkart and Swiggy were basically ideas which were successfully implemented The time has come for India to produce its own Jeff Bezos Jack Ma and Mark Zuckerberg Who knows you might even have a Mark Zuckerberg hiding inside you just waiting to come out India is on the peak of greatness todayLocal MLA Geeta Jain and Thane Collector Ashok Shingare were also present at the eventwith PTI inputs