Education to Make Us a Knowledge Society: President

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee has said that education will be the single biggest transformative factor in catapulting India into the league of developed nations.

Delivering the valedictory address at the  two-day conference of Directors of NITs, Mukherjee said, “It is education that will firmly establish us as a knowledge society. These conferences and related meetings are intended to put in place a clearly defined road map for attaining our national vision of excellence in education.”

The President announced that the In-Residence Programme of Rashtrapati Bhavan will be now extended to young scholars from the NITs. Thirty scholars, one from each NIT, will be his guests in Rashtrapati Bhavan for a week. In addition, six Doctoral or Post-Doctoral students will be selected from the NITs as team leaders.

The selected scholars and students will stay at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in three batches of 10 scholars and two team leaders.

Pointing out that NIT Surathkal would host an Inter-NIT workshop in November on ‘Learning from Each Other’, and NIT Warangal in December on ‘Common guidelines for curriculum’, the President asked the organisers of the workshops to provide NITs from the North-East all support needed for rapid development of the institutions.

The President also wanted the Human Resource Development Ministry to take immediate steps for creation of a database of foreign educational experts and Persons of Indian Origin. 

During the conference, it was decided that the NITs will set up an inter-NIT Platform for international cooperation. One faculty member shall be nominated as the International Cooperation Officer in each of the NITs to explore ways and means for increasing international linkages.

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