NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Manish K. Verma (Ed.

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.