Lagatar24 Desk
Kanpur, Dec 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred blockchain-based degrees at IIT-54th Kanpur’s convocation ceremony on Tuesday.
All the students were issued digital degrees through an in-house blockchain driven technology developed at the institute under the National Blockchain project.
Interestingly, these digital degrees can be verified globally and are unforgeable.
“In this 75th year of independence, we have over 75 unicorns, over 50,000 start-ups. Of these, 10,000 have come only in the last 6 months. Today India has emerged as the second-largest startup hub in the world,” said PM Modi at the 54th convocation of IIT Kanpur.
The prime Minister said when India will celebrate its 100th year of Independence, it will include the contribution of all the students who are present here today.
Later in the day, Prime Minister will visit and inaugurate the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project at around 1.30 pm.
Today is a day of double happiness for Kanpur. On one hand, Kanpur is getting metro rail facility and on the other hand, the world of technology is also getting priceless gifts from IIT Kanpur: PM Modi at the 54th convocation of IIT Kanpur pic.twitter.com/MlspaArlBc
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 28, 2021
