From Elphinstone, Sydenham to KC College: Maharashtra’s heritage institutes transformed into autonomous cluster universities test the new education policy’s promise, offer courses in AI, blockchain, fintech
Kanyashree University operates without a permanent campus, but has quadrupled its student strength; its VC talks about new courses, placement struggles, expansion plan
Skill development institutes like Seacom Skills University and Medhavi Skills University combine practical skills and workplace exposure into curriculum to enhance employability.
Adamas University VC Suranjan Das plans to boost industry partnerships, research collaborations, NEP-aligned curriculum structures
With AICTE India through the crucial period of technical education reform, Rajive Kumar retires soon. He wishes BTech could be open to students without maths and is proud of the PRAGATI scholarship
MAKAUT VC says core engineering branches like civil and mechanical engineering seeing decline in interest, computer science, IT still popular; aims to improve NIRF ranking
Despite Rs 4,895 crore spent on National AYUSH Mission, ayurveda, homeopathy graduates face job shortages, turn to allopathy

BASLP is one of the emerging allied health science courses, but with just 2,500 graduates for India’s 63 million with hearing loss, experts call for more awareness