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Modi cites first-in-bloodline line at IIT Delhi
NDTV··11 Aug
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed IIT Delhi's 57th convocation and cited young engineers saying they are first in their bloodline to build a rocket. He told graduates a degree is a national dream, not only a certificate. Modi urged students to question accepted ideas, then find solutions, and keep learning amid fast technology and geopolitical change.
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What It Means For You
- IIT Delhi graduates heard the PM cast degrees as problem-solving credentials, not only placement tickets.
- First-generation STEM families can recognise the bloodline framing used for rockets, chips and drones.
- Students elsewhere can track the same themes of curiosity, continuous learning and self-reliance in the speech.
What's Happening
- Modi spoke at IIT Delhi's 57th convocation as chief guest.
- He quoted young engineers saying they are first in their bloodline to build a rocket.
- He asked graduates to question defaults, seek solutions and keep learning through rapid change.
How Convocation Speeches Mix Policy and Campus Culture
- Prime ministerial addresses at IITs often pair Viksit Bharat goals with hostel and peer-memory cues.
- Gen Z phrasing such as first in my bloodline travels quickly from campus halls onto social video.
- Space, chips and drones are recurring symbols of India's claimed technology self-reliance story.
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