Jammu emerging as edu hub: Minister

Tribune News Service

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New Delhi, August 22

Union Minister Jitendra Singh, while delivering a keynote address through videoconferencing at a function to mark the completion of five years of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Jammu, has said, the city has fast emerged as an education hub in north India.

The minister said, “Jammu has emerged as a pioneer education hub where students from neighbouring states, like Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, are seeking academic openings and prospects.”

“This is possible because of personal intervention and indulgence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and high prioritisation given by him to J&K and also to Northeast and Ladakh,” he said.

In an official statement issued by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Singh was quoted as saying: “IIM, Jammu, has made a mark in a very short span of time and that too despite the crippling effects of the pandemic in the last two years.”

The minister said the IIM, Jammu, was one of the major achievements of the Modi government in the education sector in J&K and is catering to all sections of society, be it region wise or gender-wise. — PTI