Poverty means life sans dignity
President Pratibha Patil inaugurating the TERI University campus in Delhi on Thursday. Also seen are R. K. Pachauri, Chancellor of TERI University, and Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce. NEW DELHI: Alleviating poverty is imperative and all efforts, resources and technologies should be utilised in that direction, with education, health and social welfare measures being the instruments of empowerment of the poor and women, said President Pratibha Patil inaugurating the new campus of TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) University at Vasant Kunj here on Thursday.