PM Modi to address IIT Delhi convocation, inaugurate AI-powered supercomputing facility
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address IIT Delhi’s 57th convocation on Saturday, where over 3,000 students, including 587 PhD scholars, will receive degrees. He will also confer top academic honours and inaugurate Param Pragya, an AI-powered supercomputing facility at Sonipat
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday address the 57th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Over 3000 graduating students, including 587 PhD scholars, will be conferred their degrees during the ceremony.
Recognising outstanding academic excellence, the prime minister will present the institute’s most prestigious honours, including the President’s Gold Medal, Director’s Gold Medal, Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, and Perfect Ten Gold Medals to meritorious students, an official statement said on Friday.
Emphasising India’s commitment to advancing cutting-edge research and artificial intelligence, Modi will inaugurate Param Pragya, an AI-powered high-performance supercomputing facility established at the Sonipat Campus of IIT Delhi. The state-of-the-art facility is expected to significantly enhance the institute’s capabilities in AI, data science, advanced computing and interdisciplinary research.
