NEW DELHI, Dec. 20 -- Indian universities must urgently move beyond their traditional role as degree-granting institutions and evolve into innovation-driven ecosystems if the country is to build globally competitive institutions, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) vice-president Dr Sekar Viswanathan said at the HT Future Ed Conclave 2025 held in New Delhi on Thursday. Speaking during a session on global models of higher education, Viswanathan pointed to leading universities such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford and Tokyo as examples India should learn from, noting, "These are universities where entrepreneurship is embedded in the education system." He added that innovation at these campuses is treated as a culture...