The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 marks a significant milestone in India’s higher education reform journey. Rooted in the constitutional mandate under Entry 66 of the Union List and aligned with the vision of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Bill lays a strong foundation for coordinated, transparent, and globally benchmarked regulation of higher education.

The proposed framework is both timely and progressive, with the potential to substantially strengthen academic excellence, institutional autonomy, and national capacity building across the higher education ecosystem.

India’s higher education landscape has witnessed unprecedented growth over the past decades, with more than a thousand universities and tens of thousands of higher educational institutions serving over four crore students. While this expansion has enhanced access, it has also resulted in regulatory fragmentation and overlapping compliance requirements due to the existence of multiple statutory bodies.

The proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA), as an apex umbrella institution, seeks to........

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