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CM Pinarayi inaugurated the Nila campus and Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank laid the foundation stone by unveiling plaques through an online conference.

The first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kerala was inaugurated on Friday by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the presence of Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of State for Education. CM Pinarayi inaugurated the Nila campus in Palakkad by unveiling a plaque via video conference, while the stone laying was done online by Minister Pokhriyal, by unveiling another plaque.

“Today at the foundation stone laying ceremony of IIT Palakkad, I interacted with Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and MoS for External Affairs V Muraleedhadan and other dignitaries. Starting its journey in 2015 under the supervision and patronage of IIT Madras, today four B Tech programmes, six M Tech programmes, and three M Sc programmes are on the path of constant progress. Now this building will give a new dimension to the progress,” said Minister Pokhriyal.

I, along with Shri @vijayanpinarayi Ji, CM of Kerala and Shri @SanjayDhotreMP Ji, MoS for Education are inaugurating Nila Campus and laying the foundation stone of the main campus of @PalakkadIIT. https://t.co/vlQW14Jr24

— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) October 23, 2020

Actor Karthi and his wife Ranjani have become proud parents for the second time. The lovely couple welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday. Taking to his Twitter handle, Karhti announced the happy news.

“Dear friends and family, we are blessed with a boy baby. We can’t thank enough our doctors and nurses who took us through this life changing experience. need all your blessings for the little one. Thank you god!”, tweeted Karthi.