Modi Calls AMU ‘Mini India’, Lauds Varsity’s Contribution During Covid

The Prime Minister said that AMU has also worked to strengthen India’s relations with many countries of the world in the last 100 years.

“In the last 100 years, AMU has also worked to strengthen India’s relations with many countries of the world. The research done here on Urdu, Arabic and Persian languages, research on Islamic literature, gives new energy to India’s cultural relations with the entire Islamic world. The University has the double responsibility to further enhance the soft power of the university as well as fulfilling the obligation of nation-building,” he said.

The Prime Minister recalled Sir Sayyad’s remark that ‘the first and foremost duty of one who is concerned about his country is to work for the welfare of all people. Irrespective of the caste, creed or religion.’

He stressed that the country is proceeding on a path where every citizen is assured of his or her constitution-given rights, no one should be left behind due one’s religion and this is the basis of the pledge ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka viswas’.

PM Modi gave examples of the government schemes providing benefits without any discrimination. He said that the country took forward the efforts to build a modern Muslim society by ending the practice of triple talaq.

The Prime Minister said that the AMU has attracted many from its contemporary curriculum in higher education.

“New National Education Policy has Interdisciplinary subjects similar to one already taught at the university. The youth of our country is committed to advancing the country with the call of Nation First. This aspiration of India’s youth has been given priority in the new National Education Policy,” he said.

“The multiple entry and exit points in the new National Education Policy will make it easier for students to take decisions regarding their education. This will also give the students the freedom to take their decision without worrying about the fees of the entire course,” he added.

The Prime Minister asserted that the government is also continuously working to increase the number of enrollments and increase seats in higher education.

Whether education is online or offline, he said that the Government is working to ensure that it reaches everyone and changes everyone’s life,

PM Modi urged the 100 hostels of AMU to perform an extracurricular task on this occasion of 100 years, in line with the 75th anniversary of India’s freedom, to research about the lesser-known freedom fighters.