Day 1: The New Architecture of Knowledge
Theme: Higher Education 2047 — Scaling Excellence & Impact
Focus: Structural Reforms, Research Ecosystems, and Digital Leadership
| Time | Session Title | Key Discussion Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 AM | Inaugural Plenary | India’s AI Moment: Leveraging the IndiaAI Mission and National Compute to Become a Global Knowledge Superpower. |
| 11:00 AM | Panel: The Multidisciplinary Shift | Implementing the National Credit Framework (NCrF) and 4-year UG degrees with ME-ME points. |
| 12:30 PM | AI & The Research Frontier | National AI Infrastructure, Sovereign Compute, and Global Scientific Collaboration. |
| 2:30 PM | The Digital Campus | Education 4.0: AI-driven personalized learning paths, ODL (Open & Distance Learning), and the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC). |
| 3:30 PM | Workshop: Global Ranking | Strategies for Indian HEIs to break into the Global Top 100 through citations, international diversity, and perception. |
Day 2: The Innovation-Industry Interface
Theme: Higher Education 2047 — Scaling Excellence & Impact
Focus: Entrepreneurship, Internationalization, and Student Resilience
| Time | Session Title | Key Discussion Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 AM | Internationalization at Home | Attracting foreign universities to GIFT City/India and the “Study in India” program for 500k+ international students. |
| 11:00 AM | National Round Table Discussion | Higher Education, Innovation & Nation Building – Building India’s Knowledge Economy by 2047. |
| 1:30 PM | Break | Networking Lunch |
| 2:30 PM | Policy Round Table | Governance & Autonomy: Moving from a “regulator” model to an “enabler” model for institutional freedom. |
| 4:00 PM | The Vanguard of Vision | National Felicitation Ceremony. |