India@75: Creating Leaders Of The Future

India@75: Creating Leaders Of The Future

As the world’s largest democracy is at the brink of celebrating the 76th year of Independence, India which is a growing liberal country for educational reforms, has traversed a long way in expanding the boundaries of this sector, enabling learners to attain maximum potential, and developing a fair and equitable society. Over the years, particularly post-Independence the country has managed to increase its literacy rates to nearly 75 per cent by 2021 compared to 19 per cent in 1951, while some states even boast of 100 per cent literacy rates. But it has been a crucial and an uphill task for India to revamp and reset the education sector. Though the accomplishments have been commendable but Indian educationists in the UAE feel the country should continue to persevere in creating a learning environment that prepares students to serve humanity and become “leaders of the future”. Reminiscing these achievements, Dr Arindam Banerjee, Associate Professor Assistant Dean - GMBA & MGB, S P Jain School of Global Management, Dubai says: “There is absolutely no doubt in recognising the vision of our initial leader’s post-independence in their journey towards creating academic institutions of eminence. The first IIT setup in 1956 followed by the