Port Blair, Jan 31: A celebrated journey of Dr. Jaidev Singh, Principal, TGCE that began 41 years, ago came to a befitting end on the 31st of January 2022 when Dr Singh, Principal, TGCE, Port Blair, finally bid adieu to the college and retired from government service.

The institution that took birth in front of his watchful eyes and grew up to become a premier higher education institution in the A & N Islands that ushered in an era of progress through quality teacher education, bid a tearful goodbye to him.

Dr Singh has always been admired for his vast knowledge, tremendous zeal for work, compassion and devotion towards the islands and islanders

In these, otherwise geographically isolated islands, where education for a very long time did not feature in the people’s primary plans, Dr. J.D. Singh has been a staunch supporter and a vocal campaigner for better educational opportunities for Girls and Nicobari students. An Educationist at heart, he could always be found taking out time from his busy schedule and interacting with the teacher trainees or taking an impromptu session for their benefit.

Keeping the SOP guidelines due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in mind, the celebrations for this event were kept to a minimum. A scaled-down superannuation function was organized in honour of his contribution to education and the Islands’ social fabric in the College, with limited faculty members in attendance.

The programme, which saw Dr Singh being honoured for his service and showered with affection and praise in abundance, was also attended by his wife and two children who came all the way from the mainland not to miss this momentous day in Dr. Singh’s life being a government employee.

Those in attendance shared their anecdotes from their time with Dr. J.D. Singh and wished him a healthy and happy retired life and remembered him for his dedicated work. He has left behind a work culture and a positive attitude towards the nobility of the profession.

The ocean of knowledge, skill and experience that he had left behind with the institution will take it to new heights.

As modest as ever, Dr. Singh said his goodbye to the college with the words – A captain is only as good as his team and requested all the TGCE family members to carry the legacy of this great institution forward.