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Every state and region of India is represented in the University of Delhi, says President of India at convocation

Every state and region of India is represented in the University of Delhi, says President of India at convocation

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 18 Nov 2017, 02:14 pm

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IBNS): President Ram Nath Kovind while addressing the 94th convocation of the University of Delhi on Saturday said that the University of Delhi is in many ways the University of India.

"Every state and region of our country is represented in the University of Delhi. Young students from the Northeast add to the richness and vibrancy of the University campus and of the city of Delhi."

The President also appreciated the fact that 112 of the 171 medal and prize winners were girls.

"Almost a two-thirds majority! This is in keeping with the trend in education of girls consistently outscoring boys. A welcome sign in our society," the President said.

President also appreciated the fact that under the National Institutional Ranking Framework, six colleges of the University of Delhi are ranked in the first 10 in the country. "A commendable performance," he said.

President Kovind also said, " Artificial Intelligence is changing not just how our society ‘does’ but how it ‘thinks’. We are at the edge of a society of cognitive machines. The challenges and the opportunities before us are immense. Universities will need to adapt."

"New courses and programmes will have to be devised if our education system is to answer the needs of the next 25-30 years. Some of these may call for a multi-disciplinary or inter-disciplinary approach," he said.

"Capacity of physical classrooms is limited. University of Delhi has taken steps to begin Massive Open Online Courses. As broadband penetration deepens, MOOC has an exciting potential to democratise knowledge," the President pointed out.


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