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President Pranab Mukherjee an ocean of knowledge, 'university in himself': PM Modi

PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described President Pranab Mukherjee as a "university in himself" and said he had personally got benefitted from his vast knowledge.
In his speech at the second day of three-day Visitors' Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, Modi was all praise for the President and said he used to make him understand every issue minutely.
"Our President is a university in himself. He is an ocean of knowledge. If anybody asks me what is the biggest benefit of becoming the Prime Minister, I will say that I got an opportunity to be close to him.
Modi told Vice Chancellors of central universities and heads of National Institutes of Technology and IITs that they had the privilege of having direct interaction with the President."You people should work under his (the President's) guidance. I don't think anyone can stop us. Sky is the limit.

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