IIT-Roorkee is nation’s pride: Guv

Lucknow: On the completion of 175 years of establishment of IIT Roorkee University, governor, UP, Anandiben Patel duly inaugurated an year-long celebration at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan on Saturday.
The chain of events began with the inauguration of a two-day global meet programme 'Ullas Global Tomaso 175' organized by IIT-Roorkee Alumni Association, Lucknow chapter.
Addressing the inaugural session, the governor said that students of Roorkee university are outshining the name of the country on the world stage today. This institute is one of the best engineering institutes in the country and has played an important role in building the future of the country.
Earlier, Anuj Varshney, president, IIT Roorkee Alumni Association, Lucknow chapter, said that today “if our institute is discussed among the best engineering institutes of the world, it is because we get the best teachers in our institute.”
Lt Gen Vishambhar Singh, president, Global Alumni Association Centre body, Ajay Srivastava, secretary IIT Roorkee Alumni Association, Lucknow Chapter, attended the inaugural function.
The first day began with the two technical sessions held. Engineer (MD, Lucknow Metro, Kumar Keshav; DRM Lucknow engineer, Suresh Sapra and PWD superintendent engineer, Pavan Varma attended the sessions as special speakers and architect Vipul Varshney was moderator.