Entire nation to be 5G enabled by 2023, says Dharmendra Pradhan

Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan, said that the entire nation will be equipped with 5G and optical fibres laid out in all the 600,000 villages by the end of 2023. He said this at the International Conclave on the joint collaboration of Deakin University, Australia with Chitkara, Symbiosis and OP Jindal University to set up Deakin University Hubs in their campuses. Deakin University is also partnering with Tata Consultancy Services as an industry expert to facilitate its services.

The conclave, called ‘Digital Transformation and Internationalization of Education’, comes in the wake of the mandate from the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to develop India as an international education hub.