NewzVille Desk
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today addressed the 65th Foundation Day of NCERT and launched a host of initiatives including Diksha 2.0. He also released a book on the life and contribution of 100 great personalities of Odisha—‘Utkal Jananinkara Sujogya Santana’.
The 65th Foundation Day celebration of NCERT was graced by the presence of several eminent dignitaries, Sanjay Kumar, Secretary DoSEL Ministry of Education; Chamu Krishna Shastry, Chairman, Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti; Prof. Dinesh Prasad Saklani, Director, NCERT; Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar, Chairperson, UGC; Dr. Sreedhara Panicker Somanath, Former Chairman, ISRO; and Prof. J. S. Rajput, Former Director, NCERT, along with senior officials from the Ministry of Education.
Extending his best wishes to NCERT, Dharmendra Pradhan described it as an iconic institution at the heart of India’s educational system. He said that NCERT has been a pillar of the nation’s educational landscape, shaping the destinies of generations of students with unparalleled commitment and dedication.
He underlined that building a Samridhh Bharat by 2047 would be possible only if students were encouraged to develop critical and creative thinking skills.
