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Modi tells IIT Delhi graduates to find answers
ThePrint··8 Aug
At IIT Delhi's fifty-seventh convocation on August 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first in-person address to more than 3000 graduates, including 587 PhD scholars. He said students should not just ask questions but have courage to find answers. He also inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI facility at Sonipat, and spoke of a Rs 1 lakh crore research push.
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What It Means For You
- IIT Delhi graduates can note the Prime Minister's first in-person address at the fifty-seventh convocation on August 8.
- Students and researchers can track the inauguration of Param Pragya, an AI-powered high-performance computing facility at Sonipat.
- Anyone watching research funding talk can note the mention of a Rs 1 lakh crore research push alongside the ceremony.
What's Happening
- On August 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed IIT Delhi's fifty-seventh convocation in person for the first time.
- More than 3,000 graduates, including 587 PhD scholars, were part of the ceremony.
- He urged students not just to ask questions but to find answers, and inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI HPC facility at Sonipat.
Why Convocation Speeches Now Pair Labs With Ambition
- Linking a campus address to a new AI compute facility ties graduate inspiration to research infrastructure.
- Large PhD cohorts make national research capacity a public theme at elite convocations.
- Mentions of big research outlays frame student careers inside a wider science-funding story.
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