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PM Modi wishes more girls among IIT Delhi gold medallists
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wished more girls had been among the medal winners at IIT Delhi’s 57th convocation on Saturday. Addressing over 3,000 graduating students, including 587 PhD scholars, Modi…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wished more girls had been among the medal winners at IIT Delhi’s 57th convocation on Saturday. Addressing over 3,000 graduating students, including 587 PhD scholars, Modi presented the President’s Gold Medal, Director’s Gold Medal, and Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal to top achievers. He urged graduates not to compare themselves with peers on salaries or startups, saying “life is absolutely not a leader-board”. He also warned against social media distractions and stressed mental and physical well-being. Modi inaugurated ‘Param Pragya’, a new AI-powered supercomputing facility at IIT Delhi’s Sonipat campus, meant to boost research in AI and data science.
Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi said India’s education system was now “learner-centric, research-driven, and future-ready”. Modi highlighted emerging sectors such as AI, data centres, critical minerals, deep-sea exploration, and quantum computing for nation-building.
The Indian Opinion
The Prime Minister’s regret that no woman won top medals at IIT Delhi convocation is fair, but it side-steps the deeper problem. IITs admit fewer than 20 per cent women in undergraduate programmes despite years of supernumerary quotas. We have not solved the pipeline, and the PM’s own Ministry of Education has not published a roadmap to parity. Watch if IIT Delhi’s next convocation sees at least one woman among the top medal winners.
Sources (2): rediff.com, greaterkashmir.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
