India's Academic Future: A Call for Innovation

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan emphasizes the need for India's academic institutions to innovate in addressing 21st-century challenges. He urges focusing on national priorities, skill development, and global research standards at a University Grants Commission workshop, highlighting the pivotal role of education in transforming India's economy.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan highlighted the urgent need for India's academic institutions to innovate and address 21st-century challenges on Wednesday.

Speaking at a University Grants Commission workshop, Pradhan urged the academic community to reinvent their institutions to achieve national priorities and focus on skill development, innovation, and global research standards.

Pradhan also launched a compendium of UGC guidelines and stressed the role of higher education in transforming India's economy from consumption-based to production-based, aligning with the National Education Policy 2020.

(With inputs from agencies.)