3 years of NEP 2020: IIT Kanpur hosts joint press conference

Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur shared about the launch of new departments and other initiatives by IITK following the NEP recommendations. JD Masilamani, Regional Director, and G C Saha, Joint Director, Regional Directorate of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship highlighted the role of NEP in skilling youth. Implementation of the Policy recommendations in KVs, JNVs, and other schools were highlighted as the NEP completes 3 years.

The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) hosted a joint press conference yesterday to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020). Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur, presided over the press conference in presence of JD Masilamani, Regional Director, and G C Saha, Joint Director, Regional Directorate of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship; Munni Lal, District Inspector of Schools, Kanpur Nagar; Ravish Chandra Pandey, Principal of KV IITK; Manoj Kumar Jain, Principal of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kanpur Nagar; and Balvinder Singh, Principal of Guru Nanak Modern Public School, Kanpur, and the CBSE City Coordinator. 

The event was a celebration of the transformative journey undertaken by the education sector in three years of implementation of the NEP.

Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director, of IIT Kanpur, opened the session by highlighting the significance of the NEP in bringing paradigm shifts in India’s education system. He said, “In the past three years of implementation, albeit in a phased manner, the National Education Policy has brought academic transformations from primary to higher educational level. Its focus on technological integration across levels of education, flexibility in learning, and renewed emphasis on interdisciplinary study, skill development, and internationalization of education, are some aspects which can impact various other sectors that are crucial for nation building. The IITs also, which were conceived as technical and engineering institutes, are now transitioning to become multi-disciplinary resource universities, in line with the NEP.”

IIT Kanpur fosters innovation and entrepreneurship through its Student Entrepreneurship Policy, in line with NEP 2020 and NISP. It allows students to pursue entrepreneurship by registering for 'Innovation and Entrepreneurship Credits' or taking a semester drop. IIT Kanpur has taken significant strides in innovation in recent years, and was adjudged the top position in Innovation in the NIRF 2023 rankings, he added.

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