Modi tells IIT Delhi graduates their choices will shape India’s future
Prime Minister urged students to stay curious, noted low women medalists, and joked about life’s unscheduled challenges
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Modi tells IIT Delhi graduates their choices will shape India’s future
Photograph: The Hindu (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the 57th convocation of IIT Delhi on 8 August 2026, addressing over 3,000 graduates, including 587 PhD scholars.
- Modi said the next three to four decades of graduates’ careers would shape India’s development and urged them to stay curious and adapt to rapid technological change.
- He noted that only one or two women received medals at the ceremony and called for greater gender representation in academic achievement.
- Modi joked that life’s challenges are like unscheduled exams, referencing a popular spiritual figure to dismiss comparisons with himself.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 10 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 17 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
96/100
Craft
77/100
Hype
15/100
17 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 3 of the 10 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 57th convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on 8 August 2026. The event conferred degrees on over 3,000 students, including 587 PhD scholars. Modi told the graduates that the decisions they make in the next three to four decades would determine India’s journey toward becoming a developed nation.
Modi urged the students to keep their curiosity and learning instincts alive, saying the world and technology are changing rapidly. He said challenges become opportunities for those who find new solutions. The Prime Minister also highlighted India’s progress in the semiconductor sector, saying production had begun at the country’s first unit and expressing confidence that graduates would contribute to manufacturing everything from chips to ships.
During the ceremony, Modi noted that only one or two women received medals and said there should have been more. He also joked that he is not "Baba Bageshwar," a spiritual figure, and said the exams of life are out of syllabus. The convocation included the launch of new initiatives related to artificial intelligence at IIT Delhi.
What the coverage left out
No centre-rated outlet ran this story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned the number of degrees conferred or the launch of new artificial intelligence initiatives at IIT Delhi. The left-rated digests did not report Modi’s remarks on the gender gap among medal winners or his joke about Baba Bageshwar.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 7 times, most recently on 8 Aug 2026, 12:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
3 rated outlets
- The two left-rated reports, both digests, led on Modi’s call for graduates to remain curious and keep learning as technology transforms the world. The Hindu’s full report quoted Modi’s line that "those who learn, win" and described his emphasis on adaptability in a rapidly changing global landscape. Neither digest mentioned the gender gap among medal winners or the joke about Baba Bageshwar.
Centre
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated centre has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Right
7 rated outlets
- The five right-rated digests led on two themes: the gender gap among medal winners and Modi’s outreach to young people as future leaders of a developed India. ABP News and Times of India both reported Modi’s disappointment that only one or two women received medals. India TV News and NDTV framed the speech around the graduates’ role in shaping India’s future, quoting Modi’s line that their actions would influence the country’s journey toward becoming a developed nation. Moneycontrol’s digest carried Modi’s message that the country needs the youth and has faith in them.
Read it at the source
17 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
3- IIT Delhi 57th convocation: PM Narendra Modi’s key message to graduates (opens Indian Express in a new tab)
Indian Express — is Indian Express biased? Our profile of this outlet
- In rapidly changing world, those who learn win: PM Modi at IIT Delhi (opens The Hindu in a new tab)
- Narendra Modi Gen Z outreach | IIT heaves under PM 'outreach' security, students told how low to bow their heads (opens The Telegraph in a new tab)
The Telegraph — is The Telegraph biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Right
7- PM Modi Arrives at IIT Delhi's Convocation Ceremony (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- “IIT has a syllabus, but life doesn’t”: PM Modi’s message to IIT Delhi graduates to build a self-reliant India (opens organiser.org in a new tab)
organiser.org — is organiser.org biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi's fresh outreach to Gen Z: 'Your decisions, future lives will influence our Viksit Bharat journey' (opens India TV News in a new tab)
India TV News — is India TV News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi Flags Lack Of Women Among IIT Delhi Medal Winners: 'Should've Been More...' (opens ABP News in a new tab)
- 'Whatever You Do Will Impact Our Journey Of Viksit Bharat': PM Modi To IIT Delhi Graduates (opens NDTV in a new tab)
- 'We have faith in you, country needs you': PM Modi's message to youth at IIT Delhi (opens Moneycontrol in a new tab)
Moneycontrol — is Moneycontrol biased? Our profile of this outlet
- ‘Should have been more’: PM Modi disappointed over 'just one or two' girls among IIT Delhi medal winners (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Times of India — is Times of India biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
7- ‘You will influence journey towards Viksit Bharat’: PM Modi tells IIT Delhi graduates at convocation (opens NEWS9 LIVE in a new tab)
NEWS9 LIVE — is NEWS9 LIVE biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'Your Decisions Will Determine a Developed India'; Modi Interacts with Gen-Cs at IIT (opens Mathrubhumi in a new tab)
Mathrubhumi — is Mathrubhumi biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- PM Modi: The Real Competition Is with Yourself: Prime Minister Modi at IIT Delhi Convocation (opens namasthe telangana in a new tab)
namasthe telangana — is namasthe telangana biased? Our profile of this outlet
- PM Modi: 'I Am Not Baba Bageshwar', Students Laughed After Listening to the PM's Words at IIT Delhi, Know Why He Said So? (opens Amar Ujala in a new tab)
Amar Ujala — is Amar Ujala biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Youth Power Is Needed to Build a 'Developed India': PM Modi Calls at IIT Delhi Convocation (opens TV9 Kannada in a new tab)
TV9 Kannada — is TV9 Kannada biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'You Might Be Thinking Something, I Am Not Baba Bageshwar', Says PM at IIT Delhi - India TV Hindi (opens India TV Hindi Hindi in a new tab)
India TV Hindi Hindi — is India TV Hindi Hindi biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Narendra Modi: In the Exams of Life, Everything Is Out of syllabus... PM Modi's Special Mantra for Students (opens TV9 Marathi in a new tab)
TV9 Marathi — is TV9 Marathi biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
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