Education
Rahul to speak at Berkley, not giving talk on AI
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will on Monday address students at a US university, but will not be giving any talk on artificial intelligence.
Tweets by the Congress Vice President’s office, and Sam Pitroda, chairman of Overseas Congress, said Gandhi’s programme in the US included a series of events in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington and New York.
“Looking forward to addressing students @UCBerkeley & interacting w/Indian Overseas Congress members w/@sampitroda during my visit to the US (sic),” Rahul Gandhi’s office tweeted.
Pitroda, who is involved with planning the events, told IANS in an email that Gandhi will not attend the Artificial Intelligence Conference.
“Rahul Gandhi will be travelling from September 10 to attend various events in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington and New York. He is not coming for the AI conference,” he said.
Pitroda added that he will also meet “a few important people, listening, interacting and giving a few public speeches including one at the University of California, Berkley on September 11”.
“He will be addressing a major event in New York organised by the Indian Overseas Congress on September 20,” he said.
In a series of tweets, Pitroda said: “He is coming to meet with students and academicians and various thinking people in the US. He will be giving a talk at University of California, Berkley. He will be also meeting with Indian Overseas Congress members and others.”
Gandhi is expected to speak on contemporary India and the path forward at Berkley. India’s first Prime Minister and Gandhi’s great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru had delivered a speech at Berkeley in 1949.
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Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.