Srinagar, March 25 -- The maiden address of Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha to the assembly of UT of J&K on 3rd March 2025 highlighted that his government is committed to making J&K an educational hub. While this statement seems overrated, as always, where there is a will, there is a way is the answer.

J&K has long struggled with two major challenges: environmental degradation and the outflow of talent and capital. While private industries like brick kilns (bhatha) and dukan (shops) continue to help the economy, they also pollute the environment and harm public health; the private higher education sector has remained an untapped opportunity. If cities like Chandigarh, NCR-Delhi, Jaipur, Pune, and Chennai can become global education ...