Overview

• Meeting in New Delhi after more than two years, the IIT Council agreed that all IITs will pursue external accreditation, leaving the accrediting body and timeline to be worked out.
• Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan outlined a 2047 vision to make IITs more inclusive and research-driven and to align their work with national priorities.
• The Council decided to draft a translational research policy within a month to strengthen industry–academia–policy linkages and accelerate campus-based product development.
• A task force was constituted to prepare an action plan for integrating artificial intelligence into curricula and pedagogy across higher and school education.
• Student welfare and inclusivity were emphasized, with directives to promote compassionate engagement, healthy living and annual health check-ups, expand regional-language options, and note that NCrF credit-transfer discussions did not proceed though a framework exists.