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New Delhi, September 14The government is set to launch a major programme offering 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN students at IITs in India, officials said. The admission portal for the programme is being executed by IIT Delhi. The lunch ceremony of the programme will be held on September 16 and will be jointly inaugurated by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Minister of HRD Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'. Head of Missions of ASEAN countries, senior officials of the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of HRD, Directors of all 23 IITs, Chairman of UGC and Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog would also be present, officials said..