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CM shares his mantra for success in life: ‘P’ for Purpose & Passion, ‘F’ for Failure


Shillong, April 29: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday urged the students to develop intellectual capacity and grasping power as they progress in life, emphasizing that grades and qualifications alone are not enough to succeed, although they will always be an added advantage.

Addressing graduate and post graduate students of ‘The ICFAI University’ at the IVth Convocation Ceremony in Tura, the Chief Minister shared his personal principles for success, centred around the letters ‘P’ for purpose and passion, and ‘F’ for failure.

“I start with a purpose. I love the letter ‘P’ because it gives me the word ‘purpose’, it also gives me the word ‘passion’, which ensures that I do not give up easily. I am a person who has failed many times in life, a lot of people have not heard of,” he said.

He said that failures have never dithered his spirit but has made him stronger.  “I have not succeeded in many things, but I kept going. I always believe in the power of prayer and always turn up to God for everything. Thank almighty when things are going well as well as when things are not so good, we should always have faith in almighty,” he added.

“The moment you are able to accept failure, it will be the biggest transformation of your life. Failure will be the best thing that will happen to you, trust me, it only depends on how you take it and move forward. If you are able to handle your failure, you will be prepared to face all challenges and accept success as well,” he stressed.

Congratulating the 544 graduates, who received the degrees in presence of Chancellor of The ICFAI University Lt Gen Dr Arvinder Singh Lamba and Vice Chancellor Dr Alicia Gatpoh, the Chief Minister expressed his confidence that the students will contribute to the growth story of Meghalaya and the country.

“In the last five years, India has become the biggest manufacturing hub, we are one of the most stable economies in the world today. A large number of countries are going through recession or will be going through recession but estimates are that India may be one of the few countries that will not be affected. Even if the global economy faces recession, India will be stable,” he said.

Initiatives : Agriculture

Launch of “Restart Meghalaya Mission’ on 15th August 2020

The Mission comprise of a series of interventions to support farmers and entrepreneurs by enabling them to build growth-promoting basic infrastructure and services. Under this Mission, 1917iTEAMS – the IT Platform aimed at enabling farmers access to agricultural information, crop advisories and markets will be expanded logistically through induction of another 100 vehicles.

Creation of the Directorate of Food Processing on May 2018

With the objective of seizing opportunities in the sector and the untapped food processing potential of the state for uplifting the livelihoods of farmers and value chain actors, the Government of Meghalaya created the Directorate of Food Processing (DFP) as a one-stop agency to handle all matters relating to food processing in the state and to deal with all central government Ministries and Agencies (viz. Ministries of Agriculture, and Food Processing, SFAC, NCDC, NABARD, etc.) in all matters pertaining to the development of agricultural food processing sector.

First Ever Farmer’s Parliament held on 4th - 5th December 2018

The parliament was organised by the state department of agriculture in collaboration with Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) and the Hill Farmers' Union (HFU). As a step toward the promotion of new technologies, HFU with the support of Meghalaya government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence App for farmers — called Nongrep (nongrep in Khasi language means farmer) with its software partner Impetus Solutions from Hyderabad — as a social innovation project. This app will address matters of farm aggregations, soil health and disease identification, crop yield, farm produce pickups, market linkage and retail sellers app.

Launch of the Farmer’s Portal on 7th May 2018

The Meghalaya Famers’ Portal (www.megfarmers.gov.in) of the Department of Agriculture is a platform for farmers to seek any information related to agriculture. Detailed information on farmers’ insurance, agricultural storage, crops, extension activities, seeds, pesticides, farm machineries, etc. is provided. Details of fertilizers, market prices, package and practices, programmes, welfare schemes are also given.

Awards & Recognitions
  • Meghalaya has been selected for the Commendation award in 'Total foodgrains Category-III' for 2017-18. The award consists of a citation and an amount of Rs. 1 crore.
  • Meghalaya Agriculture Department and the MIE Meghalaya Team won the '7th eNabling North East (eNorth East) Award 2019-20' in the 'Agriculture & Rural Development' category for 1917 iTEAMS project which is a project in collaboration with Digital India.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded Meghalaya on May 2018 the Krishi Commendation Award for the year 2015-16, in recognition of the commendable foodgrains production achieved by the State.
  • Meghalaya has been adjudged the Most Improved Small State in the category of Agriculture and received the India Today – "The State of the States” Award on 23rd November 2018.