Rupnagar: Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishak on Thursday has dedicated a permanent campus of IIT Ropar to the nation.Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre prof. Sarit K Das Director of IIT Ropar, Ravinder Kumar - Registrar and other dignitaries were present at the event.
Addressing the virtual rally, Pokhriyal congratulated the IIT Ropar Fraternity and complimented the students and researchers for stepping towards converting India to a strong and vibrant nation in the world.
He also emphasized that India is a nation enriched with knowledge from ancient times and known globally as a country of rich heritage and culture. Terming students as 'warriors of the nation', he urged them to contribute to the Nation's development.
He also said that IIT Ropar has featured consistently among the top-ranking educational institutions in the country and abroad.
Taking it to Twitter, he wrote, "I, along with MoS for Education Shri Sanjay DhotreMP Ji will be inaugurating the permanent campus of @iitrpr via online mode tomorrow at 3 PM."
IIT Ropar has shared the top place in India after IISc Bangalore with its position in the 351-400 rank in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, he added. He further highlighted that IIT Ropar has been ranked as number one in the world in research citations.
In NIRF, IIT Ropar stood 25th in all India Engineering institutional ranking 2019-20. In QS India Rankings 2020 with an overall rank of 25th in India, IIT Ropar is ahead of all IITs in research quality, scoring highest in Citations per Paper, he added.
The Minister while talking about NEP 2020, highlighted the credit bank in the NEP 2020, which is in accordance with Global Education Programme. Also bringing vocational courses with the NEP 2020 that will play a key role in creating a self-reliant India and open up the education sector for facilitating greater global exposure for Indian students.”
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“NEP 2020 will prove to be the base of a self-reliant India and help us achieve the goal of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in the true sense,” said Minister of Education, while addressing during the inauguration ceremony.
The Minister appreciated the initiatives taken by IIT Ropar during Covid-19 crisis. He informed that the technologies include Negative Pressure Room to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 through air at isolation wards and testing labs, thus protecting the medical staff from getting infected. It also has negative pressure ambulance to carry people infected with COVID-19 without posing the threat to the health workers serving them in the ambulance.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre noted, “IITs are recognised worldwide as premier institutes of academic excellence.”
He also appreciated the Rs 110 crore grant received by IIT Ropar to set up the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) in the domain of agriculture and water.
The permanent campus of the institute includes an academic zone, housing for 2,324 students, 170 faculty and 118 staff members, laboratories, libraries, sports facilities, and space for other co-curricular activities.
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