Amritsar, Jan. 28 -- In a landmark move aimed at democratising access to knowledge and strengthening higher education in Punjab, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has approved the Punjabi-First Education, Research and Governance Policy 2026, making Punjabi (Gurmukhi script) a mandatory medium for major research outputs alongside English.

Announcing the decision on Tuesday, vice-chancellor Prof Karamjeet Singh termed it a "people-centric step" aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, while ensuring that GNDU remains committed to global academic excellence. He said that under the policy, PhD theses, dissertations, project reports and funded research outputs will be submitted in both English (or the primary academic language) a...