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Modi Opens Param Pragya and Presents Top Honours at IIT Delhi Convocation

The event signals a government drive to expand India’s AI and high‑performance computing capacity to strengthen research and national priorities.

*Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 57th Convocation Ceremony of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), in New Delhi.
PM Modi set that challenge against a rapidly shifting global landscape, telling students that the pace of technological change made it impossible to predict with confidence what industries or professions would look like in 20 or 30 years.
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IIT Delhi Covocation

Overview

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who attended IIT Delhi’s 57th convocation on Saturday, presented the Institute’s highest awards to more than 3,000 graduates, including 587 PhD scholars.
  • At the ceremony Modi inaugurated Param Pragya, an AI‑powered high‑performance supercomputing facility at IIT Delhi’s Sonipat campus that officials say will expand the institute’s capacity for AI, data science and interdisciplinary research.
  • In his address Modi urged continuous learning, encouraged graduates to choose work that benefits the nation, and noted he wished more women had been among the medal winners.
  • Senior officials and dignitaries at the ceremony included President Droupadi Murmu, Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi, IIT Delhi leadership, and representatives who have signed new academic collaborations with other national institutes.
  • The launch fits government efforts to build national AI and HPC infrastructure and increase research funding, a shift that could give Indian researchers more computational resources for machine learning, simulations and large‑scale data work.