Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the new campus of Dr B R Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) University.
He has also unveiled a statue of the architect of Indian Constitution installed at the campus.
At the event, he also unveiled 150 ‘Technology Hubs’ that have been developed by transforming the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across Karnataka.
The residential BASE University was set up in 2017 in recognition of the exemplary contributions made by Ambedkar in the development of Independent India and as a tribute to his memory on the occasion of his 125th birth anniversary.