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PM Modi flags lack of women among IIT Delhi medal winners
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged the low number of women among medal winners at IIT Delhi's 57th convocation, saying he wished more female students had received the institute's top honours.…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged the low number of women among medal winners at IIT Delhi's 57th convocation, saying he wished more female students had received the institute's top honours. "Congratulations to all of you. It would have been even better if there had been one or two daughters. Sorry. Why just one or two? There should have been more of them," he said.
Modi presented the President's Gold Medal, Director's Gold Medal, Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal and Perfect Ten Gold Medals. More than 3,000 students, including 587 PhD scholars, received degrees. He also inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI-powered supercomputing facility at IIT Delhi's Sonipat campus, and urged graduates to keep learning as technology reshapes the world.
The Indian Opinion
The applause for PM Modi's candid remark should not hide the deeper problem. One or two women among dozens of medal winners is not a one-off result; it reflects how few women reach the top of elite STEM institutions. Celebrating the Prime Minister's words while ignoring the leaky pipeline, from school dropouts to workplace attrition, would be empty. The test is whether IIT Delhi will release the gender-wise medal and enrollment data, and set clear targets to close the gap. Words matter, but numbers and action matter more.
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