Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says 21st century is going to be an era of knowledge

Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan today said that 21st century is going to be an era of knowledge and exhorted IIT Bombay to play a major role in it. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating a newly constructed hostel in the IIT Bombay campus, he said, knowledge-based economy and service sector-based economy is a reality now. He said, students who have passed out from IIT Bombay should strive to become employers and entrepreneurs rather than employees.

He said, it will be heartening for him to read that IIT Bombay has created job opportunities for 25 million employees which in real sense would bore the fruit.

Quoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi that energy should be equitable and we must give energy justice to all citizens of the country, Mr. Pradhan said, New Energy should be India centric. He stated that energy is an inevitable commodity of the 21st-century lifestyle. India ranks third in energy consumption in absolute terms and the country is the biggest consuming market, he added.