Nineteen scholars including three Ph. D. students have been selected from NITs across the country to stay at Rashtrapati Bhavan for a period of seven days from May 16 to May 22, 2015 as part of an ‘In Residence’ programme. They are the second batch of NIT scholars to attend such an ‘In-Residence’ programme in Rashtrapati Bhavan. First batch of seventeen NIT scholars took part in a similar ‘In Residence’ programme from April 11 to April 17, 2015.
The In-Residence programme for NITs was announced by the President of India at the annual Conference of Directors of NITs held in October 2014. Similar programmes already exist for writers, artists and grass root innovators. The same will be extended to Inspired teachers from Central Universities in June 2015.
The NIT scholars, during their stay, will interact with Ministers and officials of various Union Ministries and visit local industries, Income Tax Central Processing Centre, Financial Intelligence Unit etc as well as have an interactive workshop at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on a chosen theme.
This release issued at 1100hrs.