India, Aug. 1 -- Education and the knowledge paradigms related to it have been the foundation of progressive societies. A rich ancient repository of Bhartiya scholarship has been acknowledged worldwide and has inspired many to contribute in their respective academic fields.

Despite such illustrious knowledge heritage, this nation took 73 years to embrace a National Education Policy in the year 2020 that was aligned with the 'aspirational goals of 21st century education while building upon India's knowledge traditions and value systems'. National Education Policy 2020 (NEP2020) was introduced on 29 July 2020 and is completing five years.

This allows us to take a holistic view of the implementation of the policy, assess the conducive chan...