Excelsior Correspondent NEW DELHI, Feb 2: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said here today that border issues had been given special impetus by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ever since this government took over in 2014, there has been a concerted effort to address issues related to both the Security Forces deployed in the border areas as well as the people living in the border areas. Addressing a Seminar on “Academic campus visavis Border Security” organised by the Delhi University faculty, Dr Jitendra Singh said, it is an irony that even within the University Campus the issues related to borders or the border people do not find much space either in the academic curriculum or in the campus discussions. This, he said, is quite in contrast to the practice followed in some of the Western Universities where not only issues related to border and warfare occupy an important place in curriculum but the students also follow the tradition of spending some time out of their academic career with the Forces either as Trainees or Researchers.