India / PM Modi makes surprise visit to interact with IIT Kanpur students; video released

PM Narendra Modi, who visited IIT Kanpur for convocation ceremony on Tuesday, made an unplanned visit to a lecture hall of students in different part of the campus. Sharing the video of PM Modi's interaction with the students, IIT Kanpur tweeted, "Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri [Narendra Modi] Ji took them by surprise and had a fun casual interaction with them."

Vikrant Shekhawat : Dec 29, 2021, 08:44 AM
Kanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an impromptu visit to another building of IIT Kanpur and met with students who were not a part of the 54th convocation ceremony of the institute.

The visit came after the Prime Minister addressed the convocation ceremony of IIT Kanpur today.

PM Modi interacted and shared a few jokes with the students. The students were touched and overjoyed by the Prime Minister's visit.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth was also present during the interaction.

PM Modi, earlier today, launched blockchain-based digital degrees at the 54th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.

At the convocation, all the students were issued digital degrees through an in-house blockchain-driven technology developed at the Institute under the National Blockchain Project.

These digital degrees can be verified globally and are unforgeable.