UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone for thecountry’s eighth IIT at Kandi in Medak district on Friday at a simple function. Addressing the gathering, Sonia Gandhi said that she normally preferred to participate in inaugural functions and not foundation stone laying ceremonies but had agreed for this as Medak happens to be a place close to Indira Gandhi’s heart.
Calling upon the youth to fulfil the dreams of Jawaharlal Nehru, she said the country needs a large number of youngsters with scientific temper. The UPA government had put greater emphasis on higher education and had pumped in huge funds as it believes that professional and technical courses should be within the reach of the common man and should not remain a prerogative of the rich.
“No boy or girl should be denied access to higher education, and with this objective the UPA government encouraged banks to give more liberal loans,’’ she said. “Though the government had done a lot to spread higher education, still a lot more needs to be done. From a mere 20 universities at the time of Independence, the country now has grown to have 416 universities. Similarly, the number of colleges at the time of Independence was just 500 whereas now we have over 21,000,’’ she said. Sonia said the government has chalked out a plan to open 30 new central universities, 8 IITs, 7 IIMs and 10 NIITs in the next three years.
Calling upon the youth to fulfil the dreams of Jawaharlal Nehru, she said the country needs a large number of youngsters with scientific temper. The UPA government had put greater emphasis on higher education and had pumped in huge funds as it believes that professional and technical courses should be within the reach of the common man and should not remain a prerogative of the rich.
“No boy or girl should be denied access to higher education, and with this objective the UPA government encouraged banks to give more liberal loans,’’ she said. “Though the government had done a lot to spread higher education, still a lot more needs to be done. From a mere 20 universities at the time of Independence, the country now has grown to have 416 universities. Similarly, the number of colleges at the time of Independence was just 500 whereas now we have over 21,000,’’ she said. Sonia said the government has chalked out a plan to open 30 new central universities, 8 IITs, 7 IIMs and 10 NIITs in the next three years.
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