IITs Are India’s Most Well Recognized Brands; Possibilities at The Institutes Are Growing!

 

Dr. S Jaishankar (External Affairs Minister, Government of India) while addressing the students of IIT Guwahati recognized the importance of the IITs as one of India’s most well recognized brands with limitless opportunities in the future. He urged students to adopt practical problem-solving approaches as a part of their engineering education that can add value to society. He also emphasized on the need for engineers to develop a vision for the country and support the governments measures to resolve long standing issues which are existing in society.

The Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma also graced the occasion and emphasized on the importance of IIT Guwahati and its immense potential as a bellwether of Indian education. With a thriving academic environment, the globally relevant research activities being conducted at the institute have significantly benefitted our society, he said. Dr. Sarma stressed upon the role of premier institutes in the northeast (such as IIT Guwahati) to help drive India’s “Act East” policy, which can help economically connect the countries northeast region to south east Asian countries.

The Chief Minister, offering his thanks to the External Affairs Minister for visiting Assam, expressed that the visit of an endless series of senior clergymen (alluding to the visit of the union Home minister, the Union Defence Minister, and the Prime Minister himself) from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-drove Cabinet within a month talks volume about the significance the ongoing regulation at the Centre joins towards the development and improvement of the north-eastern district. Prior in the day, the Chief Minister, alongside the Union External Affairs Minister, visited an event within IIT Guwahati that was focused on innovation.