The CareerTrek Company at the 6th CII Northern Region EduSummit
11th November 2025
The 6th Edition of the CII Northern Region EduSummit, held at ISB Mohali, served as a powerful platform for policymakers, educators, and thought leaders to come together and reimagine the roadmap for India’s higher education system. Themed “Shaping India’s Higher Education: From Policy Reform to Global Leadership,” the summit centered around how the nation can build globally competitive, learner-centered, and future-ready institutions through innovation, policy alignment, and purposeful pedagogy.
Representing The CareerTrek Company, Shubhangi Bansal and Amrita attended the event, engaging in thought-provoking sessions that reflected the company’s mission to drive industry-readiness, employability, and educational transformation across the country.
Transforming Policy into Purpose: NEP 2020 as a Catalyst for Change
The discussions opened with a resounding emphasis on India’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 — hailed as a landmark reform that could reshape the nation’s educational fabric.
Ashok Varma highlighted that NEP 2020 represents a shift from rote learning to competency-based education, focusing on skill assessments, employability, and cross-learning across disciplines. He stressed the importance of adopting an agile pedagogy, ensuring institutions remain relevant by embracing digital-first approaches and achieving financial sustainability beyond the conventional fee-driven model. His remarks underscored that while the future remains uncertain, adaptability, human-centricity, and innovation will define the institutions that thrive.
Complementing his vision, Sakshi Sawhney beautifully summarized the heart of the discussion — “Knowledge is the soul of the economy.” She urged universities to create lifelong learning ecosystems where both students and educators evolve continuously through mentorship, digital learning, and cross-sector collaboration.
TIC: The New Pillars of University Transformation
A key insight came from Anirudh Tiwari, who introduced the TIC framework — Technology, Innovation, and Creativity — as the three foundational pillars that must guide every university’s evolution. He emphasized that education cannot operate in silos; instead, it should leverage technology to amplify innovation and nurture creativity among students, educators, and administrators alike.
Jyotsna Singh reinforced this by calling for a competency-based education model, where learning outcomes are measured through practical performance and skill mastery rather than theoretical examinations. She stressed that India’s higher education ecosystem must evolve toward one that values what learners can do, not just what they know.
Adding a contemporary touch, Deependra Kumar Jha spoke about developing 21st-century skills like adaptability, collaboration, and curiosity — describing curiosity as the single most critical skill to stay relevant in an era of constant change. His statement, “Staying curious is the only way to stay relevant,” captured the spirit of lifelong learning that the summit sought to inspire.
A Vision for the Future: Blending Innovation, Inclusion, and Purpose
The insights shared at the EduSummit painted a compelling vision for India’s academic future — one where technology blends seamlessly with purpose, and policy translates into action that benefits learners across socio-economic backgrounds
Speakers collectively emphasized that India’s educational transformation must prioritize digital integration, personalized learning, and sustainability, ensuring that institutions are not just globally competitive but deeply human in their approach. The dialogues reaffirmed that the next era of education will be defined by inclusion, innovation, and intent — with collaboration between academia, industry, and government as its backbone.
The CareerTrek Company’s Alignment with the Future of Learning
At The CareerTrek Company, these conversations deeply resonate with our core mission — to bridge the gap between academia and industry, and to prepare students and professionals for the evolving global workforce. Through experiential programs, psychometric assessments, and skill-based learning pathways, we strive to build an ecosystem that mirrors the very principles discussed at the summit — future-readiness, adaptability, and continuous learning.
As we reflect on the powerful dialogues from the CII NR EduSummit 2025, one thing is clear — the future of Indian education lies in empowering learners not just to participate in the economy but to lead its transformation.
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