T-Schools Higher Education Conference: Empowering the next generation

Dataquest organized the T-Schools Higher Education Conference and Awards 2021 event today, titled, Empowering the Next Generation

Pradeep Gupta, CMD, Cybermedia, welcomed the audience. Technology has today become the determinant because of the onset of Covid-19. Sectors that have been impacted maximum are those that had used minimal technology. Complete transformation took over as campuses were closed. There were risks associated with students coming to college, and with large gatherings. The entire education system went through a transformation because of technology.

Education is one thing that could not stop due to the pandemic. The industry adapted itself, and rapidly adopted different kinds of technologies. This transformation is irreversible! Some of the changes that happened are permanent in nature. Many edtech unicorns also came up in the last two years. As we go forward, we are going to see lot of deeptech coming into education. There are AI/ML, AR/VR, etc. To maintain sanctity of the data, blockchain comes in. The transformation of the last two years will get accelerated over the next 10 years. Many more changes will come in every part of the education system. We are going to get a completely new and transformative edtech system over the next 10 years.