Dehradun, May 30 -- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday said higher education is not merely a means of acquiring knowledge but the foundation for building a developed, self-reliant and prosperous India.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, while addressing a symposium on the theme "The Importance of Higher Education in Building Viksit Bharat 2047" at Shivalik College of Engineering, Dehradun, on Saturday, said that higher education is not merely a means of acquiring knowledge but the foundation for building a developed, self-reliant, and prosperous India.

He stated that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, unprecedented transformations have taken place in the fields of education, innovation, resear...