Our education apparatus can't be one that produces robots. That can happen in laboratory. There has to be overall personality development.

Women have an important role in agriculture. We need to introduce technology, which will help us harness the potential of women in agriculture. We need to divide the agriculture sector into three parts- regular farming, farming of trees and animal husbandry. If we are able to do this, the contribution of our women will increase even more.

National festivals should become festivals of development. Republic Day or Independence Day should not be only about unfurling the Tricolour in the state capitals. We have to make them opportunities of Lok Shikshan (Mass Education).

Allocating budgets will not suffice. We need to make focused efforts at developing the tribal belt of Gujarat

A good government is one with many information channels, those that give real-time information.

When I went to a school in Japan, they told me that both the teachers and students perform cleaning tasks here to keep the schools clean. I wondered why can't we do it in India.

I am not from a political family. I never had the opportunity to meet the world leaders earlier.