The Bharat Shiksha Summit 2025 will be held on Thursday (April 3) in New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan. The theme of the Summit is Shaping The Future of Education. The event will see prominent leaders, educationists, legal practitioners, EdTech innovators and policymakers brainstorm on the future and evolving landscape of education in the country.
The inaugural session will witness the keynote addresses by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and speeches by Supreme Court judge Justice Rajesh Bindal, Supreme Court Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai, Balaji Foundation Chairperson Rajshri Rai and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Chairman Prof. TG Sitharam.
The session on The Vision of National Education Policy will see a keynote address by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and speeches by Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM and Minister for Medical Education Brajesh Pathak, Member of Parliament Naveen Jindal, Association of Indian Universities Secretary General Pankaj Mittal, Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai and Educationist Prof. Bhim Sen Singh.
Keeping in mind the Summit’s aims of exploring reforms, challenges, and future opportunities in the light of global educational advancements, the next session will be on Education, Culture & Contemporary Development. The session will have speeches by Goa Minister for Tourism, IT and Electronics and Communication Rohan Khaunte, historian Dr Vikram Sampath, Kucnow University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Alok Rai, National Law University Delhi Founder Prof. Ranbir Singh, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW) Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ranjana Jha, GTC Group Chairman RK Mahato, Balaji Foundation Chairperson Rajshri Rai, Educationist Prof. Bhim Sen Singh and Poet-Author Aalok Shrivastav.
The subsequent session will be on Imagining Indian Education. The session will be addressed by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister of State BL Verma, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Panchayati Raj Minister of State SP Singh Baghel, Rural Development Minister of State Kamlesh Paswan and Ambedkar University Delhi Vice-Chancellor Prof. Anu Singh Lather.
The following session, Education Without Borders, will be addressed by External Affairs Minister of State Kirti Vardhan Singh, Members of Parliament Rajiv Rai and Nishikant Dubey, SAARC University President Prof. KK Aggarwal, DY Patil International University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Prabhat Ranjan, Educationist Prof. Bhim Sen Singh, GGSIP University, New Delhi Dean and Professor Prof. Dhananjay Joshi.
The penultimate session will be focused on Legal Education and Training: Bridging Theory and Practice. Supreme Court judge Justice JK Maheshwari Attorney General of India R. Venkatramani, Senior Advocate Pradeep Rai, National Law Institute University, Bhopal Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) S. Surya Prakash and National Law University, Delhi Vice-Chancellor Prof GS Bajpai will speak on the many facets of legal education.
The final session, From Verses to Values: Nurturing National Identity Through Poetry & Culture, will have speeches by Members of Parliament Manoj Tiwari and Sudhanshu Trivedi, Janab Waseem Barelvi, Dr. Hariom Panwar, Gajendra Solanki, Poet-Author Dr. Anamika.