President Murmu attends convocations of IIT Bhilai and Chhattisgarh's health science and Ayush university
On 26 October 2024, in Chhattisgarh, President Droupadi Murmu graced the convocation of IIT Bhilai and that of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Health Science and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh at Raipur.
Summary
On 26 October 2024, in Chhattisgarh, President Droupadi Murmu graced the convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai. She noted that IIT Bhilai is focusing on agri-tech, health-tech and fin-tech and has collaborated with AIIMS Raipur to create mobile apps that help villagers get medical help at home. The same day she graced the convocation of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Health Science and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh at Raipur, where she said the traditional knowledge of rural and tribal people about medicinal trees such as Bija and Dhavda could be saved by documenting and standardising it.
Key facts
- Date
- 26 Oct 2024
- IIT Bhilai
- Convocation; focus on agri-tech, health-tech, fin-tech
- Health app partner
- AIIMS Raipur
- Raipur
- Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Health Science and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh
- Medicinal trees named
- Bija and Dhavda
Practice MCQs 2 questions
At the IIT Bhilai convocation (26 October 2024), the President noted that the institute had collaborated with which institution to create mobile apps that help villagers get medical help at home?
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Correct answer: A — AIIMS Raipur
PIB, 26 Oct 2024: IIT Bhilai has collaborated with AIIMS Raipur in the healthcare sector to create mobile apps that help villagers get medical help at home.
On 26 October 2024, at the convocation of which Raipur university did President Murmu mention medicinal trees such as Bija and Dhavda?
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Correct answer: C — Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Health Science and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh
PIB, 26 Oct 2024: at the convocation of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Health Science and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh at Raipur, the President said rural and tribal people know about the medicinal importance of trees like Bija and Dhavda.