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A working model of a Mars rover, semiconductors and sustainable bamboo products made by student startups will be part of an exhibition at the Delhi University for Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s visit on Friday.<\/p>\n
Modi will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony of DU centenary celebrations. During his visit, the prime minister will lay the foundation stone of three buildings and release a set of coffee table books, university officials said.<\/p>\n
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will be the guest of honour at the ceremony.<\/p>\n
The university has invited several colleges based on the education ministry\u2019s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) to present their \u201cbest practices\u201d during the exhibition. The DU also urged the colleges to give their students an opportunity to interact with the prime minister.<\/p>\n
The eighth edition of the NIRF was announced by Pradhan on June 5. Five DU colleges were among the top 10 colleges in the rankings with Miranda House bagging the top spot for the seventh consecutive year.<\/p>\n
The exhibition will be organised at the multipurpose hall of the university and finishing touches are being given, DU South Campus Director Shri Prakash Singh said.<\/p>\n Among the colleges that have been assigned stalls in the exhibition are Miranda House, Hindu College, Kirori Mal College and Ramjas College.<\/p>\n \u201dWe wanted to invite all the colleges but due to a space crunch, we have selected those colleges with high NIRF and NAAC rankings. They have assembled the stalls and final touches are being given,\u201d Singh told PTI.<\/p>\n \u201dWe have asked the colleges to let students present their college\u2019s best practices and this way, they will get a chance to interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n There will be stalls on DU\u2019s adoption of the National Education Policy, skill enhancement courses, scientific inventions and startups. The colleges will also showcase their history, achievements and distinguished alumni, the official said.<\/p>\n The Miranda House will showcase semiconductors prepared by a group of students and teachers, and bamboo products made by a startup launched by a student from the northeast, Principal B Nanda told PTI.<\/p>\n \u201dWe have a student from the northeast whose startup makes eco-friendly products from bamboo\u2026 some of our students, along with their teachers, have created semiconductors for industrial purposes. We\u2019ll exhibit them too,\u201d Nanda said.<\/p>\n \u201dTwo students and a teacher will apprise the prime minister about our exhibits. We have ensured teachers\u2019 and students\u2019 participation,\u201d Nanda said.<\/p>\n Similarly, Kirori Mal College will put on display a working model of the Mars rover.<\/p>\n The Robo Physicists Society of the college has designed a robot which can negotiate the tough terrain of Mars and wrote a paper on optimising the habitat conditions of astronauts in spacecraft to enable longer duration missions, Principal Dinesh Khattar said.<\/p>\n \u201dWe are really excited about the exhibition. Our rover took part in a NASA contest and the students will inform PM Modi about the rover. Ours is one of the few live exhibitions,\u201d Khattar said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Ramjas and Hindu colleges have put up stalls about their history, achievements, and eminent alumni.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have been invited to the exhibition and we have put up stalls about our college history as you know we have a rich history. We have also displayed information about our achievements,\u201d said Manoj Kumar Khanna, principal of Ramjas College.<\/p>\n Principals, vice principals, newly appointed teachers and selected students will attend the event in person while a live telecast of the event will be organised for the rest of the students and teaching and non-teaching staff.<\/p>\n \u201dI have e-mailed the students, and teachers about the live telecast and requested them to attend it,\u201d said Hindu College Principal Anju Srivastava.<\/p>\n (This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI<\/a>)<\/i> <\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] A working model of a Mars rover, semiconductors and sustainable bamboo products made by student startups will be part of an exhibition at the Delhi University for Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s visit on Friday. Modi will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony of DU centenary celebrations. 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