ETEDUCATION Launches ETEducation Outlook 2026: India’s Most Authoritative Analysis of 25 Years of Education

ETEDUCATION surveyed over 200 senior education practitioners across 15 cities in April–May 2026, spanning higher education, school education, skill development, EdTech, and industry. The findings are among the most candid sector self-assessments in recent memory.

Three numbers stand out. Nearly one in five respondents believe India’s education system will be largely similar to today by 2035. The same survey found near-unanimous agreement on what needs to change and exactly where the system is failing. What explains that gap is one of the most important questions the Outlook explores.

### Voices That Shaped the Outlook

The ETEducation Outlook 2026 features original columns from 11 of India’s most experienced education leaders:

**Prof V Kamakoti**, Director, IIT Madras | **Prof Manindra Agrawal**, Director, IIT Kanpur | **Dr Pramath Raj Sinha**, Founder & Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Ashoka University | **Rukmini Banerji**, CEO, Pratham Education Foundation | **Prof TG Sitharam**, Former Chairman, AICTE | **Prof Sukhadeo Thorat**, Former Chairman, UGC | **Dr R A Mashelkar, FRS**, Former Director General, CSIR | **Prof V Ramgopal Rao**, Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani Group of Institutions | **Rajendra Pawar**, Founder, NIIT University and Chairman, NIIT Group | **P Sathyanarayanan**, Pro-Chancellor and President, SRM Group of Institutions | **Gautam Lakhamraju**, COO, Great Lakes Institute of Management

### Download the ETEducation Outlook 2026

The full Outlook, including the 2035 Vision Scorecard, AI Integration Roadmap, complete survey findings, 10 Big Shifts shaping India’s education decade, and sector-by-sector policy recommendations, is available for free download.

*”The sector knows what the problems are. It knows what the solutions look like. That consensus, sitting alongside the one in five who think nothing will really change by 2035, is the most honest picture of Indian education I have seen in one place.”*

**Abhay Anand, Associate Editor, ETEDUCATION, Project Lead**