Modi Gujarat Visit: PM To Dedicate Building Of RRU To Nation, Inaugurate 11th Khel Mahakumbh Today

Modi will deliver the first convocation address of the Rashtriya Raksha University as the chief guest, and also declare open the 11th Khel Mahakumbh in the state today

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat, will visit Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) on Saturday.

Modi will be at the university at 11 AM to deliver the first convocation address of the RRU as the chief guest. Prime Minister will declare open the 11th Khel Mahakumbh and deliver an address on the occasion at 6:30 PM.

Gujarat is the next state to go to the polls at the end of the year, and the PM has effectively launched the party’s election campaign from Ahmedabad. The PM held a grand roadshow in Gujarat on Friday after the party achieved a massive victory in four states. 

About RRU & Khel Mahakumbh

Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) was set up in 2020 to meet the need for high-quality trained manpower in various wings of policing, criminal justice, and correctional administration. The national police university, now known as Rashtriya Raksha University, was formerly called the Raksha Shakti University and established in 2010.

The university aims to develop synergies with the private sector by leveraging knowledge and resources from the industry and would also set up centres of excellence in various fields relating to police and security.

RRU offers academic programs from diploma to doctorate level in various areas of policing and internal security such as police science and management, criminal law and justice, cyberpsychology, information technology, artificial intelligence, and cyber security, crime investigation, strategic languages, internal defence, and strategies, physical education and sports, coastal and maritime security. Currently, 822 students from 18 States are enrolled in these programs.

On the other hand, Khel Mahakumbh, which has revolutionised the sports ecosystem in Gujarat, had started in 2010 under the leadership of Modi. With 16 sports and 13 lakh participants, Khel Mahakumbh today encompasses 36 general sports and 26 para-sports. Over 45 lakh sportspersons have registered for 11th Khel Mahakumbh.

 With no age bar, the event witnesses participation of people from across the state who compete in various events over a period of one month. It is a unique confluence of traditional sports like kabaddi, kho-kho, tug of war, yogasana, mallakhambh and modern sports like artistic skating, tennis, and fencing.

It has played an important role in identifying raw talent in sports at the grass-root level. It has also given a thrust to para-sports in Gujarat.