Ashna Butani | 07 April 2024 | The Hindu

Over the past five months since its launch, the ‘Viksit Bharat @2047: Voice of Youth’ programme has reached many college-going students in the Capital. As part of the scheme, ‘Viksit Bharat’ selfie points and banners were installed in colleges, dedicated ‘Viksit Bharat’ cells created in universities, and a multitude of seminars and workshops conducted on the theme. A professor from every college was appointed as a nodal officer for the programme.

Although the drive has not officially been concluded, a nodal officer of a Delhi University (DU) college, who did not wish to be named, said they had not received instructions on the drive from the University Grants Commission (UGC) after the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct.

The scheme’s aim was to provide a platform to the youth to contribute thoughts to the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat @2047’ — the idea of a developed India by 2047, the 100th year of Independence. However, many academics and students in Delhi’s colleges have termed the programme “a misuse of educational institutions” and claimed that it had political ends.

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