Atishi is an elected representative to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi and began her political career as part of the India Against Corruption movement. She is best known for her work as the Advisor to the Education Minister of Delhi. Atishi is the architect behind the Delhi education revolution which has given 1,600,000 children the opportunity to realise their full potential, irrespective of their family’s socio-economic background. She is currently the Chairperson of three Delhi Assembly Committees- the Committee on Ethics, the Committee on Environment and the Standing Committee on Education.
From start-ups with foresight to new innovations in the field of VR-fuelled education and changes planned in current education systems, education is set to undergo a paradigm shift in the post-pandemic world and in the years to come. Can future policies pave a way for change and if indeed they can, will blended learning stay as a gamechanger wherein education can actually impart lifeskills, mental sustenance, and awareness about global issues to large tracts of students with targeted outreach plans rather than centre around prescribed and time-honoured syllabi? The time is ripe for us to take a good look at our education systems and ask what is their real purpose - imparting knowledge, increasing employability or creating well-rounded, kinder and thinking adults? In ancient times, Plato's Academy taught a range of topics such as philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, politics, physics and more, and it was all part of the 'Platonic Philosophy'; interestingly, now some private universities are again focusing on the liberal arts that cover Humanities; Social Sciences; Natural Sciences and Formal Sciences. Can we start re-looking at education's larger goals in the midst of our bid to equip children for the rat race? Join us, along with our diverse panel of experts, to explore these topics in greater detail.