Jammu, Sep 27 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone for Phase-B infrastructure works of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu through virtual mode, officials said.

The development marks a major step in expanding the capacity of one of India’s third-generation IITs, established in 2016, the officials said.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh, who physically participated in the ceremony on the institute campus here, hailed the IIT Jammu as a rising hub of innovation and start-ups.

“The IIT Jammu has emerged as a priority institution for the government from its inception, conceived to address long-standing aspirations for a premier technical institute in the region,” the minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office said.

He recalled that Phase-A const

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