Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, is likely to pay a visit to SRCC College of Commerce in Delhi on September 5. It would happen amid the celebration of Teachers’ Day. This visit will be especially important, as the prestigious college will celebrate its centenary.
Among the features of the planned program will be interaction of the Prime Minister with Gen Z students. This session can offer young people the opportunity to voice their ambitions, fears, and thoughts straight to the Prime Minister. Issues like education, work, entrepreneurship, innovation, and future of India may become major topics of discussion between the Prime Minister and young people.
This planned interaction happens at the time of increasing importance of youth engagement in society. Recently the BJP has been implementing a project for Gen Z engagement. The project seems to focus on dialogues rather than on traditional political meetings.
For the SRCC, the suggested visit is expected to have additional importance as the college will be celebrating its centenary at the time of this planned visit. Being known as a leading institute in education in commerce, economics and management, the college has provided many successful alumni that have achieved success in business, public policy, finance and other spheres of professional life. This centenary is thus a chance not only to look back but to prepare for new challenges in the sphere of higher education.
Besides, the fact that this meeting is scheduled on Teachers’ Day makes the event more significant from the point of view of education. A dialogue between the Prime Minister and students of one of the best colleges of the Delhi University will attract attention to the ambitions of young Indian citizens and to the modern role of higher education in their preparation for work in the changing world.
Though the information about this visit suggests that it is highly possible, the official program of the event still remains unknown. If this event indeed takes place, the 5th of September may become an important day for the SRCC.
