NEP to turn India into global knowledge hub, says Pradhan India News – Times of India

Kolkata: New Education Policy (NEPUnion Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said that 2020 will transform India into a global knowledge hub where IITs will play an important role.
Addressing the 71st Foundation Day function, he said that IITs will not be just ‘learning centers’ but ‘nation building centres’. IIT Kharagpur on virtual mode.
Pradhan said, “NEP 2020, which has completed one year, aims to realize the vision of access and equality in education. As more youth aspire to pursue technical education, we ensure that English No one should be left out because of lack of efficiency in Said.
The minister said that NEP 2020 will break down barriers and revolutionize the way technical education is imparted to deserving candidates.
The minister said that some engineering colleges across the country will provide technical education in widely used regional languages ​​for those who do not wish to study in English.
Stating that IIT Kharagpur is incorporating the objectives of the NEP, he urged its officers to prioritize the goals of excellence, with the larger goal of transforming it from a ‘center of learning’ to a ‘centre of nation building’.
Pradhan said that India has entered 75th Independence just a few days back, it is a matter of happiness that we are celebrating the 71st Foundation Day of IIT Kharagpur.
Initially, IIT started functioning from 5, Esplanade East, Kolkata, and very soon shifted to Hijli in undivided Medinipur district in 1950. current name ‘Indian Institute of TechnologyIt was adopted by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on 18 August 1951, before the formal inauguration of the institute.
Education Secretary Amit Khare, who addressed the event virtually, said that IIT Kharagpur is the oldest IIT in terms of age, but it is the youngest in terms of new technology and initiatives.
“From engineering to management school, law school and very soon a medical science institute, IIT Kharagpur has fully explored the potential of a multidisciplinary learning,” he said.
IIT Kharagpur director VK Tiwari, who was present in the auditorium on the campus, where a small number of people from the institute was present, replied to Khare that the institute’s medical college would come up in November.

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