Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan has reviewed the Tribal Welfare Schemes in Rajbhavan here today. Speaking on the occasion the Governor said, she would pursue with the GoI, about the proposed Tribal University at Mulugu district which needs union cabinet’s clearance.
The Governor has asked the officials to encourage and develop the entrepreneurship among tribal youth particularly on abundantly available herbal medicines in tribal areas.
She advised the officials to document the medicinal values in the herbs, roots that are known only to the local tribal community.
She would like to visit some of the tribal areas and meet directly with the tribal folk. “I want to make a visit to a tribal village and stay back there for night halt to understand the cultural divide and their native problems.
She said, as a medical student, she has visited remote tribal areas of Andaman Islands along with her friends to render voluntary services.
Secretary Tribal Welfare dept. Mr B.M.D. Ekka has informed various governments’ initiatives taken up by the government for socio, economic and educational development of Tribal community in the state.
He said, over 2.25 lakh students are studying in various educational institutions exclusively meant for the tribal community.
He said, several students, are also being encouraged to study in various premier educational institutions like IIT, NIT and other central universities.
A few have to appear for Civil services and two candidates have cleared their civil exams held recently.
Earlier, the Governor has played with the Koya and Lambada cultural troupes of Bhadrachalam and Nagarkurnool districts. The members of the cultural troupes happily said: “it is for the first time that they have visited Rajbhavan, Hyderabad”.
