The Vice-President Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today called upon the youth to decimate and neutralise the false narrative being peddled by certain forces to taint and tarnish the image of Bharat and its institutions, according to an official announcement.
Interacting with the faculty and students at IIT Delhi today, the Vice-President expressed his anguish over the narrative being floated that IITs are catering to those, who are in the upper class.
“IITs, I know for sure, people from the village come, people from humble backgrounds come, people who have made it with great difficulty, but a different impression is sold to the outside world,” Dhankar said.
“For some strange reason, our growth is digestible to some. Some people can go to the extent and say that Pakistan has a better Hunger Index than India. Imagine how far they can go. They have some problems which Institutions like IIT must solve to find out why the digestive system is so repulsive to the growth of this country, something has to be done,” he furhther added.
In his address, Dhankhar asked the students to focus their efforts on cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Green Energy as they strive towards realising. “Bharat 2047 is just not a vision but a reality that surpasses the world of our dreams,” he noted.
Praising the National Green Hydrogen Mission as an important initiative towards expediting the adoption of green hydrogen as a sustainable energy source. He cliamed that India will become the ‘Global hub for the production and export of green hydrogen by 2030’, which will attract an “investment of 8 lakh crores and create over 6 lakh jobs.
Referring to the National Quantum Mission as the ‘Quantum Jump for India’ to accelerate Quantum Technology led economic growth, Dhankhar claimed that the Union Cabinet on April 19, 2023 approved over 6000 crore rupees for this project that will leverage Bharat into a leading nation in the latest ecosystem.
During his visit to IIT Delhi, the Vice President also interacted with Senate Members of IIT Delhi. Director, IIT Delhi, Prof. Rangan Banerjee, faculty members, students and other dignitaries attended the student interaction programme, as mentioned in the official announcement.