By: Ankur Jain, Co-founder & CBO, Sunstone India’s higher education narrative has long been shaped by the prestige of IITs and IIMs. However, as the Gross Enrolment Ratio moves toward 32 percent by 2030, the real transformation is unfolding beyond these elite institutions. With over 28,000 universities located in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, catering to…
By: Dr Rini Infrastructure Fragility: The Silent Threat to Academic Continuity In discussions about the future of higher education, institutional leaders often debate curriculum innovation, digital pedagogy, and recruiting global talent. Yet one of the most consequential and underestimated risks facing universities today is infrastructure fragility. Cooling systems that fail during heatwaves, laboratories that go…
By Sanjay Laul, Founder of MSM Unify For decades, Indian students dreaming of studying abroad had four go-to destinations: the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia. While these countries still dominate the international education market, hosting over half of the world’s overseas students, a quieter shift began to accelerate. This shift, which started in 2024,…
By: Gaurav Bhagat, Founder, Gaurav Bhagat Academy India’s higher education is evolving. The traditional elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), long renowned for tough STEM education, now have new competition in the form of foreign universities establishing Indian campuses. With the NEP 2020 reforms, institutions such as the University of Southampton (UK) have already opened…
