Kurukshetra, Dec. 1 -- Vice President CP Radhakrishnan on Sunday said that the National Education Policy (NEP) has placed India on a transformative path by breaking away from the colonial imprint of the Macaulay education system, which, he said, was introduced to rule India and produced only clerks.

On the other hand, the VP said that NEP implemented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2020 provides avenues for multidisciplinary learning and is deeply rooted in India's culture, heritage, and ethos. He was addressing the gathering of students at the 20th convocation ceremony of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, as the chief guest.

Governor of Haryana, Ashim Kumar Ghosh, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, director NIT...