The country is moving forward with the goal of reducing its carbon footprint by 30-35% and efforts are taken to increase the share of natural gas in our energy needs by 4 times in this decade said Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at the 8th Convocation of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 

 

The work is on to double the oil refining capacity in the next five years and energy security related startup ecosystem is being strengthened and a fund has been created for students and professionals added Modi. 

 

The Prime Minister remarked that today the energy sector in India has immense potential for growth, entrepreneurship and employment. 

 

Addressing the students, the Prime Minister said it is not an easy thing to graduate at a time when the world is facing such a big crisis, but your abilities are much bigger than these challenges. 

 

He added that students are entering the industry at a time when due to pandemic, major changes are taking place in the energy sector across the world.

 

The Prime Minister asked the students to have purpose in life. He stressed that it's not that successful people don't have problems, but the one who accepts challenges, confronts them, defeats them, solves problems, only succeeds. He added those who take on challenges, later succeed in life. 

 

He said youth of the 1922-47 period sacrificed everything for freedom. He urged the students to live for the country and join the movement of Atma Nirbhar Bharat and develop a sense of responsibility.