Addressing a function here, he said Uttar Pradesh is the only state that has given the country eight prime ministers.
"However, to help ensure that a larger pool of future leaders emerges from every corner of the state, we need to ensure access to quality education to one and all," Naik said yesterday.
Naik also interacted with the students.
VidyaGyan is an initiative of the Shiv Nadar Foundation under which hundreds of high potential students from the economically underprivileged sections of the state are selected and nurtured.