New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- The 56th Meeting of the Council of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was convened on 25th August 2025 at IIT Delhi, under the Chairmanship of Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Education.

The Council unanimously resolved to take forward PM's vision of 'Atmanirbharta se Samridha Bharat' across its all stakeholders.

Dharmendra Pradhan emphasised positioning IIT education as a catalyst for an Atmanirbhar and Samriddha Bharat. He stressed the PM's directive that the country is not aiming for incremental change but for quantum jump and encouraged the IITs to take lead in this direction. He specifically urged the IITs to promote Indian languages by introducing regional languages in addition to English as the ...