Pradhan calls for industry-led curriculum panels, industry-centric PhD programmes
Published on: Jan. 14, 2026, 4:24 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday called for industry-led curriculum committees and asserted that curriculum must align with national priorities and PhD programmes must be industry-centric. Pradhan made these observations while chairing a meeting of National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) here in which issues such as elevating academic and research standards, enhancing governance efficiency and further boosting innovation and entrepreneurship at NITs and IIESTs were deliberated. He also discussed the way […]
