Ramesh Pokhriyal, Education Minister inaugurated IIT Bombay's National Education Day program on November 10, 2020, at 11 am. The event can be watched live on the official Twitter or Facebook page of the Education Minister.

IIT Bombay conducted the inauguration ceremony in the online mode because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dr K. Kasturirangan, former Chairman of ISRO, and Chairman of the committee drafting the New Education Policy (NEP) were also present at the inauguration ceremony.

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During the event, Ramesh Pokhriyal, the Education Minister stated, “Through ‘Study in India, Stay in India and Internationalization of Education', we are committed to establishing India as a global hub of education.”

He added, “To ensure high quality of education, it is also necessary that we move forward with cooperation, coordination, and agreement with the leading universities of the world. This has been incorporated in NEP 2020 by inviting Top 100 World Universities to set up a campus in India.”

Furthermore, National Education Day is celebrated on November 11, 2020, to express respect to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. He was known as the first Education Minister of independent India. Major reforms took place under him.

 In addition, IIT had announced an online semester for first-year graduates on November 4, 2020. The orientation programme for the fresh batch will commence on November 11, 2020, while classes will begin from November 16, 2020. The students have been provided with all the basic necessities to attend the virtual classes.

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