PM Modi, Education Minister Pradhan Attends Centenary Celebrations at Delhi University – News18

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan have reached Delhi University to attend the valedictory ceremony of the centenary celebrations of the varsity. DU has completed 100 years today, June 30, 2023.

On the occasion, the education minister said that with the completion of 100 years of DU, our responsibility has increased. “National Education Policy (NEP) was implemented under the Prime Minister’s leadership. I congratulate DU for implementing NEP fully in the last 3 years,” he said.

PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of three buildings of DU. These buildings are for the faculty of technology (North Campus), a computer centre, and an academic block to be built in Maurice Naga. The seven-storeyed buildings will have state-of-the-art infrastructure. The construction work of these buildings will be completed in the next two years.

DU is set to begin BTech course from the upcoming academic session with a capacity of 360 students. The building for the faculty of technology will meet their needs. The admissions for the BTech courses will be done via JEE Main 2023 scores. The varsity will offer BTech degrees in computer science and engineering, electronics and communication engineering, and electrical engineering.

The Prime Minister will also release three ‘coffee table books’, including a logo book, which will contain the logos of various colleges and their mottos. One book will have activities planned for the whole year and the other will have our historical achievements, Prakash Singh, director of DU South Campus said.

To reach DU, PM Modi took the Delhi metro wherein he interacted with several youngsters. He took the metro from Lok Kalyan Marg station to Vishwa Vidyalaya station. Earlier, the PM had tweeted, “Looking forward to joining the University of Delhi’s centenary celebrations at 11 AM tomorrow, 30th June. As a premier centre of learning, DU has been nurturing talent and fostering intellectual growth for a century. Congratulations to the DU fraternity on this milestone.”

— with input from agencies