New Delhi: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ laid the foundation stone of the buildings for the School of Engineering and Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management and Entrepreneurship at Jawaharlal Nehru University today through a virtual program. Vice-Chancellor, JNU, Prof. M. Jagdish Kumar, Rector.
Prof. Chintamani Mahapatra, Rector II Prof. Satish Chandra Garkoti, Rector III Prof. Rana Pratap Singh and the deans of the new schools, Prof. Unnat Pandit, and Prof. Satyavrat Patnaik were present on the occasion.
Ramesh Pokhriyal expressed his delight at the naming the School of Management on the name of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was not only an efficient and visionary Prime Minister of India but an inspiring author too. The Minister mentioned that engineering and management education will complement each other and will inspire the youth to become entrepreneurs and self-reliant. He hoped that the proposed building with world-class facilities will be endowed with technology-based pedagogy and the development of learners.
The Union Minister took to Twitter and wrote, “I was extremely happy to lay the foundation of the Academic Complex for School of Engineering and ABV School of Management and Entrepreneurship at JNU today.”
“The schools have been named after former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji, whose vision keeps inspiring us. It was an honor for me to lay the foundation stones of schools named after him.”
He added, “I congratulated JNU on the Schools of Management and Engineering and believe that they will play an important role in making Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji’s dream of an Atma Nirbhar Bharat come true,”
He also congratulated Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar for taking the University to new heights of progress and initiating the realization of National Education Policy 2020 with new initiatives.