Overview

• Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan chaired the meeting in New Delhi and presented a 25-year vision to make IITs more inclusive and research-driven by 2047.
• Members agreed that IITs should enter an external accreditation system, though the accrediting body and the process remain to be determined and will be worked out in consultation with the institutes.
• The council approved a task force to draft a real-time plan to adapt curriculum, pedagogy and assessments to the rise of artificial intelligence.
• Extensive discussions on PhD reforms and translational research led to a decision to frame a campus-based research and product-development policy within a month.
• Student wellbeing and inclusion were prioritized with calls for closer faculty engagement, promotion of healthy living and annual health check-ups, and the use of regional languages alongside English to reduce learning barriers.