New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- The 56th meeting of the Council of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was held on Monday at IIT Delhi under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan.

According to an official release, the council unanimously pledged to advance Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for 'Atmanirbharta se Samriddha Bharat', committing to transform IITs into pillars of inclusive innovation, entrepreneurship, and global technological leadership.

In his address, Pradhan urged the IITs to lead India's leap from incremental progress to a quantum transformation, while stressing the importance of creating job creators rather than job seekers.

He called for IITs to deepen their impact on national development ...