ICC charts Bengal's Education Roadmap for Viksit Bharat 2047

News Desk, News Nation 360: To create a progressive roadmap for academic restructuring, future-ready upskilling, and multi-sector employment ahead of the national Viksit Bharat 2047 centenary, the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organised the Education for Viksit Bharat Summit – East India Edition on Friday, July 3, 2026, in Kolkata. The event brought together leading educationists, corporate executives, and top policymakers. The landmark convention featured a high-profile legislative and industry panel including Guest of Honour Dr. Sukanta Majumdar (Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Education), Chief Guest Dr. Swapan Dasgupta (Hon'ble Minister-in-Charge, Department of Finance, Government of West Bengal), ICC President Mr. Brij Bhushan Agarwal (CMD, Shyam Metalics & Energy Ltd), and Higher Education Expert Committee Chairman Mr. Satyam Roychowdhury (Chancellor, Sister Nivedita University). State Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta, addressing the urgent socioeconomic issues confronting the regional ecosystem, made the direct observation that West Bengal's public education system is currently in ruins and needs to be fundamentally rebuilt in a pro-business manner through significant private investment and centres of academic excellence to successfully halt the mass exodus of local youth and reverse provincial declines. Spurred by this economic call to arms, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar invoked the Prime Minister's core mantra of "Skill, Scale, and Speed," announcing that with the state budget officially launched, private-sector collaboration must act as the primary ignition switch to restore West Bengal's historic 10.5% contribution to India's national GDP, while prominent institutional leaders like Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, JIS Group Director Sardar Simarpreet Singh, and Ambuja Neotia Managing Director Mr. Parthiv Neotia collectively pledged to systematically restructure regional school and higher-education curricula to cultivate industry-aligned translational research, arrest brain drain, and fuel a new era of global knowledge innovation.

Pic: Courtesy