Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said, the government is&nbsp; committed to strengthen science and technology education in the country. Delivering his&nbsp; Keynote address at IIT 2020 Global Summit organised by PanIIT USA, Mr Modi said, in recent times, a culture of hackathons is developing in India and in these, young minds are giving outstanding solutions to national and global problems.&nbsp; <br />''<br />''The Prime Minister said, the government has been working with various countries in South East Asia&nbsp; and Europe in this area. He said, our&nbsp; aim is to ensure that&nbsp; youngsters get an international platform to showcase their skills and learn from best practices globally. He said, India is witnessing a sea change in the way it works and added that the things we thought could never happen are being delivered at great speed.&nbsp; Mr Modi said, earlier, when IITs produced aerospace engineers, there was not&nbsp; a strong domestic ecosystem to employ them. He said, today, with India's&nbsp; historic reforms in the space sector, the last frontier before humanity has opened up to Indian talent. He said, cutting-edge and innovative work is happening in various sectors in India and his Government is fully committed to the mantra of reform, perform and transform. He added that there is&nbsp; no sector left from our reforms.<br />''<br />'' He said, we have&nbsp; ensured that the brand of IITs has only become stronger.
News On AIR | December 4, 2020 10:19 PM
Govt is Committed to strengthening science and technology education in the country: PM