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New Delhi: Delhi University should design and add more futuristic courses in its curriculum, as stated by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The Minister made this comment on Thursday, May 19, 2022 while attending the inaugural session of a three-day international seminar on “Revisiting the Ideas of India from ‘Swaraj’ to ‘New India’”.
During his speech at DU, the Minister has explained that since DU is celebrating its centenary year and the country is observing ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, this is a good co-incidence. He also has emphasised on the need to add more futuristic courses for the better prospects of its students in future.
“The times are changing. Our country’s inventions do not get patented. DU can start a short-term diploma course on the patent process. The students will not only become employable in India but also at the international level… DU should add futuristic courses to its curriculum”, as stated by the Education Minister.
Minister Pradhan also shared how the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Chief Guest at the event, became emotional after seeing the NCC cadets who welcomed him.
“While entering, we were welcomed by NCC cadets. Our home minister got emotional after seeing them. He recalled his time as an NCC cadet when he had welcomed Morarji Desai during a visit to his village. He said that in 30-40 years, one of them could become the prime minister of the country”, as stated by the Minister.
Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh, explained that India needs a growth rate of 10% for the next 10 years to become a 6 trillion dollar economy. Further, he stressed that policies that compromise India’s growth should not be supported or tolerated.
“Delhi University is celebrating its centenary. These have been 100 years of education, the process of becoming the best university. It started with three colleges, 750 students, Rs 40,000 annual budget, and today we have 90 colleges, more than six lakh students, and Rs 840 crore annual budget. This is such a huge expansion. Congratulations to students, the education ministry and the Centre on this achievement,” as stated by the VC.
The University currently is also offering chances to students who could not complete their degrees earlier. The registration to those courses started on May 1, 2022 and the varsity has already received 1560 registrations. The oldest student is from the 1977-80 batch, who was studying B.Com in Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College.
The VC also said that the Union Home Minister Shah’s visit can be considered a “Golden Day” in the history of Delhi University. The Centenary celebration of the varsity started on May 1, 2022.
About Delhi University
Delhi University is recognised as an “Institute of Excellence” by the UGC. Ranked in the 12th position among the top universities in India as per NIRF, DU includes more than 7 lakh students. It includes 90 affiliated colleges, 86 departments, 23 centres, 16 faculties and five other institutes.
The university offers 500 programmes and 290 out of that have been considered for NAAC accreditation. It offers UG, PG, Diploma, Certificate, Doctoral programmes. Admission to the UG courses is done through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET). PG and PhD admissions are done through Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET).
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