About the Book

The journey of India’s transformation is deeply interwoven with the historic National Education Policy (NEP) and the holistic Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). NEP 2020 seeks to revolutionise the country's educational landscape by making it more qualitative, inclusive, and innovative. In alignment with global aspirations, India aims to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, with education playing a pivotal role in building a sustainable future.

This edited volume offers a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between education, sustainable development, and nation-building in India, from an interdisciplinary perspective. It engages with various theories of education and sustainable development, and critically examines the origin, evolution, and contours of Indian education through the lens of major commission reports and government initiatives.

To facilitate clarity and critical engagement, the volume is structured into four parts: Introduction; Perspectives and Emerging Discourses on the National Education Policy; NEP 2020, Nation-building, and a Stride to Transform India as ‘Vishwa Guru’; and finally, Transforming Rural Sector through NEP 2020. Comprising fifteen scholarly papers, this volume provides both a theoretical and empirical canvas of NEP 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals in India. It offers valuable insights for policymakers, development practitioners, NGOs, educators, and researchers in educational studies, development studies, sustainable development, sociology, history, and political studies.

Contents

Section I

Introduction

1          Transforming India towards Nation-Building: Through the Lens of   National Education Policy and Sustainable Development Goals

Manish K. Verma and Aparupa Patnaik

Section II

Perspectives and Emerging Discourse on the

National Education Policy

2          Relevance of Tagore’s Educational Philosophy in NEP 2020         

Shivani Singh

3          National Education Policy 2020: A Value Change System for  New India

Ravi Prakash Verma and O.P.B. Shukla

4          Emergence of National India through National Education Policy 2020: A Sociological Analysis

Ankita Jaiswal

5          Sustainable Development Through NEP 2020      

Samata B. Deshmane

6          NEP 2020 and Sustainable Development Goals: A Sociological     Perspective on Socio-Economic and Political Dimensions

Ramesh Chandra Yadav

7          National Education Policy (NEP) 2020: Does It Have a Suitable Roadmap for Nation-Building and Higher Education

Jai Prakash Singh

Section III

NEP 2020, Nation-Building and a Stride to Transform

India as “Vishwa Guru”

8          Transforming India into a ‘Vishwa Guru’: The Role of NEP 2020,    Equitable Education, and SDGs

Sana Amreen and Shailesh Kumar Yadav

9          Analysis of NEP 2020: A Catalyst for Nation-Building and India’s    Quest to Become a ‘Vishwa Guru’

Shweta Yadav

10         NEP 2020, Nation-Building and a Stride to Transform India  as a ‘Vishwa Guru’

Saumya Sisodia and Garima Malik

11         Educational Alchemy: NEP 2020 and India’s Quest for Global  Eminence as Vishwa Guru

Zeba Salam

12         Indian Education System and its Transforming Contours for Nation-Building

Ankita Singh and Asheesh Kumar

Section IV

Transforming Rural Sector through NEP 2020

13         Role of NEP in the Sustainable Development of Rural Sector and  163 Nation-Building

Chandrashekhar Nanaji Bambole

14         Revitalizing Sustainable Rural Communities and Nation-Building:  An Examination of the National Education Policy 2020

Mukesh Kumar

15         Empowering Rural India: The Transformative Role of the National Education Policy in Sustainable Development and Nation-Building

Savita Mishra and U.V. Kiran

About the Author / Editor

Manish K. Verma is Dean, Ambedkar School of Social Sciences and the School of Vocational and Futuristic Studies, as well as Professor and Head in the Department of Sociology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow and Council Member, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi (2024–26). He has formerly served as Secretary of the Indian Sociological Society (ISS), New Delhi (2022–23). He holds a doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and brings over 25 years of teaching and research experience, including more than a decade as Professor and in university administration. He has undertaken academic assignments in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Canada, the USA, Australia, and Nepal. He is currently a Board Member of Research Committee WG05 (Famine and Society), International Sociological Association.