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PM Modi at IIT Delhi convocation: Don’t forget teachers, support staff
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 57th convocation of IIT Delhi on Saturday, urging graduating students to thank their teachers and support staff as they begin a new chapter. He handed over…
The Story in Brief
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 57th convocation of IIT Delhi on Saturday, urging graduating students to thank their teachers and support staff as they begin a new chapter. He handed over the President's Gold Medal, Director's Gold Medal, Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, and Perfect Ten Gold Medals to meritorious students.
Modi said it would have been better if more girls were among the medal winners. He also inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI-powered supercomputing facility at IIT Delhi's Sonipat campus, which the PMO says will boost research in artificial intelligence, data science, and advanced computing.
The Indian Opinion
The Prime Minister's gentle nudge about more women medal-winners is fair, but statistics on female enrolment at IITs have been inching up only slowly. Student anxiety about jobs versus startups is real, yet the speech glossed over the fact that IIT placements this year have seen a dip. The real test will be the next placement season's numbers and the gender ratio of the incoming batch.
Source: republicworld.com
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