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Vice President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan graces Ruby and Silver Jubilee Valedictory Celebrations of SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur

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Vice President Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan attended the Ruby and Silver Jubilee Valedictory Celebrations of SASTRA Deemed University in Thanjavur, praising the institution as a leading higher‑education centre in Tamil Nadu. He reiterated that the National Education Policy 2020 is a guiding pillar for education from KG to Ph.D., and cited the government’s target to raise the higher‑education Gross Enrolment Ratio from the current 30 % to 50 % by 2035. The Vice President highlighted the recently enacted Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill as a step toward fairer examinations, and announced six new SASTRA schemes covering AI, cybersecurity, faculty capacity building and digital resources. He also lauded SASTRA’s partnership with Tata Communications for building a resilient security infrastructure aligned with the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat @2047’.

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