Vice President says admission in IITs done based on merit alone, rubbishes false narratives

NEW DELHI: The vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed his anguish over the narrative being floated that Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are catering to the upper class. Delhi

“IITs, I know for sure, people from the village come, people from humble backgrounds come, people who have made it with great difficulty, but a different impression is sold to the outside world,” he said during his speech at IIT Delhi. Each student who gets admission in IIT is done based on merit and merit alone, he added.

Dhankhar said: “For some strange reason, our growth is in digestible to some. Some people can go to the extent and say that Pakistan has a better Hunger Index than India. Imagine how far they can go. They have some problems which Institutions like IIT must solve to find out why the digestive system is so repulsive to the growth of this country, something has to be done.”

On the occasion, Dhankhar asked the students to focus their efforts on cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and green energy. "Bharat 2047 is just not a vision but a reality that surpasses the world of our dreams. He encouraged the students ‘dream big, think decisively and never be tentative,” he said.

He praised the National Green Hydrogen Mission and said that India will become the Global hub for the production and export of green hydrogen by 2030. He highlighted that India will become the ‘Global hub for the production and export of green hydrogen by 2030’, which will attract an “investment of 8 lakh crores and create over 6 lakh jobs.

The Vice-President also lauded the impact of IITs across the nation in democratizing access to world-class education and urged “students to counter any anti-India narratives in a ‘Vigilant manner’ that taint and tarnish the image of Bharat and its institutions”.