Overview
- Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the Drug-Free Campus Campaign at the University of Delhi and set the drive in motion nationwide.
- He launched pledge.du.ac.in and a mobile application to enable student pledges, reporting, awareness, and peer support.
- He urged Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to integrate the initiative across all Central higher educational institutions.
- He described substance abuse as a social and public-health challenge with economic and security consequences, citing links to narco-terrorism.
- The event drew Dharmendra Pradhan, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood, and DU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh, and students took the inaugural e-pledge.