New Delhi, August 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated ‘Param Pragya’, an AI-powered high-performance supercomputing facility established at the Sonipat Campus of IIT Delhi.

The state-of-the-art ‘Param Pragya’ facility is expected to significantly enhance the institute's capabilities in AI, data science, advanced computing, and interdisciplinary research.

The Prime Minister presented the institute's most prestigious honours, including the President's Gold Medal, Director's Gold Medal, Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, and Perfect Ten Gold Medals, to meritorious students graduating this year.

He also addressed over 3000 graduating students, including 587 PhD scholars, conferred their degrees during the ceremony.

“The global strategic equation is shifting swiftly. The global power balance is evolving by the moment, driven primarily by the pace of technological advancement. No one can say with certainty what the world will look like in the next 20 or 30 years... The world, technology, industries, and professions will all evolve. But amidst all this, remember one thing: those who keep learning will succeed,” said Modi.

The Chairperson of the Board of Governors (BoG) for IIT Delhi, Harish Salve, and the Director of the institute, Prof Rangan Banerjee, felicitated Prime Minister Modi and Union Minister Prahlad Joshi.

Addressing the gathering, the newly appointed Education Minister hailed PM Modi's vision and termed IIT Delhi a "living example of this transformation."

"Prime Minister Modi's vision has made our education ecosystem learner-centric, research-driven, and future-ready. Prime Minister Modi has instilled new confidence in India's institutions that our campuses are capable of producing not just graduates, but innovators, researchers, and nation builders. IIT Delhi stands as a living example of this transformation," said Joshi.