The third edition of Delhi University’s week-long educational train journey for students will be flagged off from New Delhi today. The Gyanodaya III train journey is undertaken every year as ” College on wheels”. It is on a tour to Punjab and will stop at Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh and Kurukshetra.
According to the official statement, this year around 900 university students are taking the journey that will go on till September 8. Nearly 150 foreign students coming from Edinburgh and London are also going on the study tour.
“With a focus on Punjab’s entrepreneurial spirit, the schedule includes visits to a village and industrial units with export success. Agricultural enterprise, hard work and business acumen that have brought prominence to the region is what the Gyanodaya students will study in detail,” the DU statement said.
The train has a library and internet-enabled coaches.
(Source: IANS)
