Rourkela, Dec. 27 -- Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday inaugurated the sports complex and laid the foundation stone for development projects at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, in Odisha.

Pradhan said NIT Rourkela secured 13th place in the engineering category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings this year.

He said he visited the campus to congratulate the institute and extend his best wishes.

Highlighting that India is on the cusp of a technological transformation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pradhan said the vision of a "Viksit Bharat" will also pave the way for a developed Odisha by 2036.

He expressed confidence that NIT Rourkela will play a key role in...