Despite women’s proven excellence in space technology, medicine, engineering, and other technical fields, they continue to be underrepresented and undervalued in the corporate world...

In recent years, Indian education has been grappling with the urgent need to move away from rote learning and embrace learning systems that promote...

For centuries, India has been a beacon of knowledge, spirituality, and intellectual inquiry. From the ancient universities of Takshashila, Nalanda, and Vikramshila to the...

The education sector, like any other domain of public service, constantly seeks to improve its effectiveness, inclusivity, and relevance. One strategy that educational institutions...

Indian higher education has long been beset by challenges such as inadequate quality, irrelevance to contemporary needs, reliance on an examination and teacher-centric approach,...

John L. Hennessy, who served as president of Stanford University from 2000 to 2016, emphasised that a university’s role is to “discover and invent...

 India aspires to become a vishwaguru. Prime Minister Modi recently outlined six key pillars that will drive the country’s journey towards this goal. These...

Prof Yashpal, a renowned academician, had once remarked that university is a place where ideas germinate and grow. He was of the opinion that...

The system for ranking of universities adopted by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and the processes being followed by accreditation agencies like National...

One of the major roles of a university is to prepare students for life and to shape them into responsible citizens who could contribute...

Starting with the Vedic period India has had a rich legacy of knowledge creation and dissemination. Our Rishis – acting as Gurus – excelled in knowledge management....

‘The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.’ – Aristotle As per AISHE 2020-21, India’s Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education...

Chandrayan-3, that is part of India’s programme for exploration of outer space, has catapulted the country into an elite club of nations – the...

In the present-day environment, dominated by a spirit of nationalism, commenting on anything that glorifies India’s past invites scrutiny. Indians have suddenly become very...

Indian universities, as they exist today, trace their origin to the British era. The British established three universities – one each at Madras, Bombay...

When India gained independence, the country had dreams of a decolonized, liberal, pluralist and egalitarian India that could draw upon its cultural and religious...

In its landmark judgement in the TMA Pai case the Hon’ble Supreme Court had stated that providing education can no longer be considered a...

National Education Policy (NEP-2020) was announced by the Central Government on July 29, 2020. The Government had taken six years to finalise it. It...