Overview
- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said Delhi will focus on becoming a premier destination for learning due to limits on heavy industry.
- She pledged full government support to strengthen higher-education infrastructure, faculty and facilities across universities.
- Gupta said the aim is to build a system strong enough that students do not feel the need to go abroad for higher studies.
- The Swami Vivekananda Bhawan at Ambedkar University’s Karampura campus was inaugurated during Sewa Pakhwara marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday.
- Education Minister Ashish Sood highlighted AUD’s adoption of seven slum clusters and villages and a 23‑hectare wetland restoration effort, with attendees including VC Anu Singh Lather, MP Bansuri Swaraj and MLA Harish Khurana.