Boost to education: PM Modi to inaugurate 3 IITs, IIMs, AIIMS, Indian Institute of Skills from Jammu tomorrow

PM will inaugurate three new IIMs in the country viz IIM Jammu, IIM Bodh Gaya and IIM Visakhapatnam.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu on February 20, and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 30,500 crore.

Among other major projects, PM Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects in the education sector worth about Rs 13,375 crore, according to a government press release. The projects which are dedicated to the nation include a permanent campus of IIT Bhilai, IIT Tirupati, IIT Jammu, IIITDM Kurnool; Indian Institute of Skills (IIS), a pioneer skill training institute on advanced technologies, located at Kanpur; and two campuses of Central Sanskrit University at Devprayag (Uttarakhand) and Agartala (Tripura).

PM Modi will also inaugurate three new IIMs in the country viz IIM Jammu, IIM Bodh Gaya and IIM Visakhapatnam. He will also inaugurate 20 new buildings for Kendriya Vidyalaya (KVs) and 13 new Navodaya Vidyalayas (NVs) buildings across the country.

Foundation stone for five Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) campuses, one Navodaya Vidyalaya (NV) campus and five Multipurpose halls for Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country will also be inaugurated by the Prime Minister.

These newly constructed KVs and NVs buildings will play an important role in meeting the educational needs of students across the country, the press release added.

Besides, Modi will also inaugurate the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Vijaypur (Samba), Jammu. The institute, whose foundational stone was also laid by the Prime Minister in February 2019, is being established under the Central sector scheme Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.

Established at a cost of over Rs 1,660 crore and in an area spanning over 227 acres, the hospital is equipped with facilities like 720 beds, a Medical College with 125 seats, Nursing College with 60 seats, AYUSH Block with 30 beds, residential accommodation for faculty and staff, hostel accommodation for UG and PG students, Night Shelter, Guest House, Auditorium, Shopping Complex etc.

The hospital will provide high-quality patient care services in 18 specialities and 17 super specialities including Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Urology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Endocrinology, Burns & Plastic Surgery.

The Institute will have an intensive care unit, emergency & trauma unit, 20 modular operation theatres, diagnostic laboratories, blood bank, pharmacy etc. The hospital will also leverage digital health infrastructure to reach out to far-flung areas of the region.