Here are seven things Modi asked the IITs to do:
1. Reduce country's dependency on imports, ranging from defence equipment, to the health sector, to sensitive and security-related items like currency ink and tear gas. "I refuse to believe that India does not have the talent to make these things," he said.
2. Help realise the government's vision of 'Housing for All'. This, he said, can be done through technology that will enable rapid construction of economical, eco-friendly and structurally sound houses.
3. Contribute towards user-friendly innovations in railways.
4. Adopt nearby non-IIT engineering colleges and mentor them.
5. Search for innovations that people may have developed in their neighbourhood to serve as inspirations for path-breaking changes.
6. Encourage alumni to interact with students to leverage their experience.
7. Systematic mapping and grouping of IIT alumni, so that their experience can be used in different sectors.
He also said India should also set up its own parameters for global ranking of engineering colleges.
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