The Union Budget 2026–27 marks a subtle but significant shift in India’s education narrative: for the first time in years, schools are no longer seen merely as feeders to higher education, but as the foundation of India’s future workforce, innovation capacity, and global competitiveness. Across school networks, education groups, youth platforms, and policy experts, there is a growing consensus that …
From semiconductors and electronics to automotive, education, healthcare, design, AI and digital services, industry leaders and academic experts alike view the Budget as a decisive shift from intent to execution—where education, skilling and employability are being structurally aligned with India’s long-term development goals. For the electronics sector, the Budget marks a historic inflection point. Saleem Ahmed, Officiating Head of the …
The total education budget for FY 2026–27 stands at ₹1.39 lakh crore, registering an 8.27% increase over the previous year—one of the highest ever allocations for the sector. Complementing this, the skilling outlay under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has increased sharply by nearly 62%, rising to ₹9,886 crore from about ₹6,100 crore in FY 2025–26. This substantial …
The core responsibility of higher education institutions lies in what may be described as reverse engineering society—the deliberate and systematic effort to dismantle, reconfigure, and correct the inequities they inevitably mirror. This involves actively designing institutional cultures and systems that promote community, fraternity, and shared belonging across lines of class, caste, gender, religion, language, and region. Through common spaces, mixed …
Harsh Tejwani and Mohammed Ujjainwala, both 4th year students from the Department of Automation and Robotics, bagged the prestigious Vishwakarma Awards 2025, held at IIT Indore and organised by the Maker Bhavan Foundation. Their team, VAYU-SETU, secured first place in the Smart Mobility category for their innovative GPS-denied drone project, winning a cash prize of ₹1,00,000. The project addresses critical navigation challenges in environments where GPS signals …
Feeding India, a not-for-profit, released its Annual Report for the fiscal year 2024-2025 on Jan 28, highlighting its cumulative impact of serving over 23 crore meals to underprivileged communities across India in the last seven years. Operational in more than 150 cities, the organisation has solidified its role as a key player in the fight against child malnutrition, supporting over …
