11/11/2020
National Education Day is celebrated on 11 November every year. It is an annual observation in our country to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s First Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, who had served the country from 15 August, 1947 until 2 February 1958.
• As the first Education Minister of independent India, responsible for setting up of the Central Institute of Education in Delhi. This later came to be known as the Department of Education under the University of Delhi.
• He was also responsible for setting up of University Grants Commission in 1953 and emphasized the setting up of Indian Institute of Science or IISc Bangalore.
But by far, his largest contribution to the country were the Indian Institutes of Technology. It was under his leadership that the first IIT - IIT Kharagpur was set up in 1951.
He truly believed in the potential of IITs and had noted, 'I have no doubt that the establishment of this Institute will form a landmark in the progress of higher technological education and research in the country.’
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11/11/2020
11/11/2020
11/11/2020