New Delhi: The National Education Policy (NEP) will contribute to a new system aligned with aspirational goals of the 21st century education while remaining rooted to India's value systems and ethos, eminent scientist K Kasturirangan said on Saturday.
The former ISRO chief said, "Further it has kept the inter-connectedness of the various phases of education in mind and how the same will enable continuity, coherence and processes to ultimately realize an end-to-end educational road-map for the country."
At the convocation, the institute which has been awarded the 'Institute of National Importance' by Ministry of Education, awarded degrees to 306 students.
For the current academic year of 2020-21, the Institute launched three new M.Tech programs in Advance Robotics, Power Electronics System Design and Computer Science and Engineering to empower the young engineers of India with specialized skill sets and to face the technological challenge of the future.