India, July 10 -- The National Education Policy 2020 was envisioned as a framework through which Indian higher education could be restructured around flexibility, multidisciplinarity and quality. A policy of such scope, however, is only as meaningful as the manner in which it is implemented, and it is this question of effective implementation that was placed at the centre of institutional planning at Jamia Hamdard between 2021 and 2026. Rather than being treated as a set of directives to be formally noted, the policy's provisions were converted into measurable academic and administrative practice.

A multidisciplinary curriculum structure was among the earliest reforms undertaken. Rigid departmental boundaries were loosened, and students ...