Newspaper Clips December 22-27, 2013
Page 1 of 78 Newspaper Clips December 22-27, 2013 December 22 Page 2 of 78 HRD minister lays stones for IIT extension campus HT Correspondent , Hindustan Times Rohtak, December 21, 2013 Union minister for human resource development MM Pallam Raju on Saturday laid the foundation stone of an extension campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Rai, Sonepat. In view of demand and recognition of quality education, the government has set up the ambitious project in the state, he said. Chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was also present on the occasion, said the opening of such centres would prove a milestone in promotion of the research and technical education. Later, both also laid the foundation stone of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Kilohrad village in Sonepat district. Praising Hooda, Pallam Raju said during the past nine years the state government had laid special emphasis on higher and technical education in the state. He said more educational institutions would be set up in the state to lay special emphasis on skill education. He said about 120 lakh children were coming to the work force every year in the country and to impart skill education to them the Centre had set up a number of institutions across the country. As part of same initiative, 20 new IITs were being opened in the country. He said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had made an action plan to educate 50 crore children by 2022. Speaking on the occasion, Hooda said while the extension campus of IIT-Delhi would be constructed at a cost of Rs.
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