Saahil Suhail, Anantnag, Mar. 01: The Indian Army organized an educational trip for students of South Kashmir, with an aim to broaden their outlook and edify them about Indian culture.
A group of 35 students from Islamic University Awantipora and Government Degree College Doru of Anantnag District were sent on a Nine day tour to various Tourist places and Education institutions of Pune and Mumbai.
According to the Indian Army officials, the tour was systematized to broaden the horizons of the children, coming form a war-torn region, by showcasing the varied facets of Indian culture and progress of country in the field of Education.
While speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the flagging-in function, Brigadier 2 Sector RR Sanjay Gupta said that the main objective of organizing such tours is to show India’s unity in diversity to the students and to inculcate good values in children.
“Main objective of organizing such tours is to show India’s unity in diversity to the students so that they could see the outer world and decide for themselves what they want to be in future. as these kids are our future. We want that these kids should learn more and get good education. Education does not only lie in books, one learns from the atmosphere as well. We want these children to become good citizens," he said.
He added that such initiatives would widen their understanding of national integration.
He said that The tour gave the opportunity to the students to visit some of the prominent places and educational institutes like Symbiosis Centre of Management & HRD, Balaji Institute of Modern Management in Pune. In Mumbai, they got opportunities to see famous places like Gateway of India, Marine Drive, Haji Ali Mosque, Filmcity, Jahangir Art Museum, St Xavier College etc.
Nine days tour culminated on 01 Mar 2012 with a flagging in ceremony presided over by Brigadier Sanjay Gupta, Commander 2 Sector Rashtriya Rifles & Mr AR Trag, Vice Chancellor, Islamic University of Science & Technology, Awantipora. The participants narrated their life time experience and deliberated upon, the importance of an insight into their experiences of grandeur, understanding of diverse and rich cultural heritage of the country. Besides enhancing general awareness the tour offered these 35 young men an opportunity to focus on ways of channelization of youth energy to transform society and promoting national integration.
The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir government often organizes such tours for children of militancy-affected areas in the state so that they get an opportunity to see different variety of cultures and lifestyles of India and gain confidence about realizing 
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