New Education Policy, Sustainable Development and Nation Building

The book provides a comprehensive account of the linkages between education, sustainable development, and nation-building from an interdisciplinary perspective. It examines various theories of education and sustainable development and critically explores the origin, evolution, and contours of education in India through the lens of the current policy debates around the Indian educational system. The book also investigates to what extent the New Educational Policy deliberations can be instrumental for the nation’s development, as well as be an effective tool for devising sustainable solutions, including the new challenges posed by climate change.

An important blueprint of higher education policy and planning, the book will be indispensable for teachers, students, and researchers of education, public policy, educational studies, development studies, sustainable development, sociology, history, and political studies. It will also be of immense interest to policymakers, development practitioners, and NGOs.

Manish K. Verma is Dean of the Ambedkar School of Social Sciences and of the School of Vocational & Futuristic Studies. He is Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India, and is Council Member, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, Government of India. He is also former Secretary (2022–2023), Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi.