Need to reconfigure education needs to meet Sustainable Development Goals-2030: Space Scientist Kasturirangan

The former chairman of ISRO delivered a lecture on 'Creating a vibrant knowledge society- an Indian strategy for 21st Century', as part of the distinguished lecture series organized by SRM University-AP.

Eminent space scientist K Kasturirangan on Saturday stressed the need for reconfiguring the education needs of the future to meet the targets of Sustainable Development Goals-2030 and to create a just and equitable society. Kasturirangan, who headed the committee that drafted the National Education Policy-2020, noted that the new policy has been crafted to ensure that it touched the lives of every citizen, consistent with their needs. The NEP-2020 laid down an end-to-end educational roadmap for the country with an integrated yet flexible approach to education, he noted. The former chairman of ISRO delivered a lecture on 'Creating a vibrant knowledge society- an Indian strategy for 21st Century, as part of the distinguished lecture series organized by SRM University-AP.