Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Kanpur on Tuesday to attend the 54th convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and inaugurate two infrastructure projects.
At the convocation, students will be issued a digital degree through blockchain technology developed at the institute under the National Blockchain Project. The Prime Minister will launch digital degrees that can be verified globally and cannot be forged.
This will be the first physical convocation at the institute in two years after last year’s online programme. IIT-Kanpur said in a press release that Tuesday’s event will be India’s first convocation to be held in Bio-Bubble. The college arranged for RT-PCR tests of all the attendees on Monday. Before opening the gate, all attendees will have to undergo a rapid antigen test.
IIT-Kanpur said 1,723 students will receive their degrees, and 80 awards and medals will be presented. Twenty-one students will receive an Outstanding PhD Thesis Award.
Later in the day, Modi will inaugurate a nine-km stretch of the Kanpur Metro Rail between IIT-Kanpur and Moti Jheel and the Bina-Panki multiproduct pipeline project. The Prime Minister will inspect the Metro project and take a train ride from IIT station to Geeta Nagar. The planned length of the metro is 32 km and is being built for over Rs 11,000 crore. Modi will also address a public meeting at Nirala Nagar Railway Ground.
Meanwhile, the government said the 356-km-long Bina-Panki multiproduct pipeline has a capacity of about 3.45 million metric tonnes per annum. From Bina Refinery in Madhya Pradesh to Panki in Kanpur, the project has been built at a cost of over Rs 1,500 crore. According to the government, this will help the region to access petroleum products from the Bina refinery.
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