India’s Higher Education on the Brink

India’s ambitious target under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 aims to increase the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher bateryapp-in education to 50% by 2035. However, recent reports reveal a massive challenge: the country will need 86 million additional seats to accommodate this surge in demand. Currently, India has around 40 million students enrolled in higher education, but projections show that number could double in the next decade if the NEP goals are to be met. This puts immense pressure on universities, both public and private, to expand infrastructure, faculty, and resources at a scale never seen before.