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About This Webinar
The Union Cabinet approved the new National Education Policy (NEP). It is the center of discussion and all higher education institutes want to understand what lies ahead. Hence, we are conducting an online panel discussion - 'Collegedunia Connect' to bring the stalwarts of Higher Education together on one platform, wherein we would want to discuss how the new policy is going to shape the future of Education in India.
Agenda
  • With a special focus on digital education and remote learning under the NEP, how do the Ed-tech players contribute to the dream of equitable access to education?
  • Access to connectivity - a hindrance to the success of NEP? How can Ed-tech startups solve the gap?
  • NEP 2020 aims to increase the Gross Enrollment Ratio in higher education including vocational education from 26.3% (2018) to 50% by 2035. Addition of 3.5 crore new seats to higher education institutions is expected. Is Ed-tech set to get a bigger piece of this pie?
  • Tech-enabled learning - the best way to achieve scale as well as maintain uniform quality irrespective of geography or physical infrastructure availability?
  • Besides overhauling primary education, the NEP would set up a National Educational Technology Forum (NETF) and a dedicated unit to set up digital ed-tech infrastructure. What's the role played by ed-tech to provide technological support to higher educational institutes considering that they have head start on it?
Presenters
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    Mr. Mayank Kumar
    Co-Founder & MD , upGrad
    An education maven and accomplished entrepreneur, Mayank Kumar is one of the sharpest minds leading the edtech revolution in India. Mayank is the Co-founder & Managing Director of India’s largest online higher education company - upGrad, which within a span of 5 years has impacted more than half a million learners globally. Mayank has spent most of his professional career in the education sector, where he has been involved in deals with over a billion dollars flowing into the sector. He has served as VP - Education at Bertelsmann and as Senior Principal at The Parthenon Group. He further served as a Board Member of iNurture. He has also worked at the Tata Strategic Group, advising Tata’s strategic direction. An IIT Delhi and ISB alumnus, Mayank was named the ‘40 Under 40 Achiever of the year’ by
    BusinessWorld Disrupt in 2017.
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    Sahil Chalana
    Host
    Sahil Chalana is the Founder of Collegedunia. India's biggest college search & review portal. As a Serial entrepreneur, Sahil has founded companies like 3.14, Frizza, CarHp & Zoutons. And, With his profound expertise in the digital industry, the BITS Pilani alumnus has scaled up his business ventures across markets. The clientele includes several eminent universities of the country.
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