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Modi wishes more girls among medallists at IIT Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told IIT Delhi's 57th convocation that he wished more girls were among the medallists and awardees. He presented top honours including the President's Gold Medal and conferred degrees…
The Story in Brief
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told IIT Delhi's 57th convocation that he wished more girls were among the medallists and awardees. He presented top honours including the President's Gold Medal and conferred degrees on over 3,000 students, among them 587 PhD scholars. Modi warned graduates against comparing salaries or startup milestones with peers, urging them to prioritise mental and physical well-being. He also inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI supercomputing facility at the institute's Sonipat campus, to boost research in AI and data science. The event, rediff.com reports, saw the PM encouraging students to cherish campus memories and recognise their support systems as lifelong assets.
The Indian Opinion
Some will call the PM's wish for more daughters among medallists a well-meaning sentiment; others will dismiss it as a soundbite without teeth. But India's top engineering institute has a real gender gap, only about 20 per cent of its students are women. The supercomputer Param Pragya, meanwhile, is a concrete research boost. The test is not the speech but the next convocation: will the share of female gold medallists rise measurably?
Source: rediff.com
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