Future of Education Takes Center Stage at ATLAS Thought Leaders Conference 2025
ATLAS SkillTech University proudly hosted the Thought Leaders Conference (TLC) 2025, uniting over 105 senior academicians, policymakers, and institutional heads from 63+ leading colleges across Mumbai. The event has fast emerged as one of the city’s most influential platforms shaping the next era of education — rooted in innovation, multidisciplinarity, and future-readiness.
With participation from top institutions such as St. Xavier’s College, H.R. College, Mithibai College, Hinduja College, SVKM’s Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering and more, this year’s conference sparked meaningful dialogues on redefining teaching and learning for an AI-driven world.
Key Insights from TLC 2025
Balancing AI with EI
Dr. Indu Shahani, Founding President & Chancellor of ATLAS, emphasized the growing need to harmonize Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Emotional Intelligence (EI). She reiterated the importance of student-centric, real-world integrated curricula that anticipate tomorrow’s dynamic careers.
The Four P’s of Future-Ready Education
Dr. Rajan Welukar highlighted four critical pillars for contemporary learning:
- Probability in an AI-enabled world
- Perspective to empower learners
- Principles for ethical leadership
- Professors as catalysts for the emerging alpha generation
A Call for an “Outsider’s Mindset”
Keynote speaker Ronnie Screwvala (Chairperson & Co-Founder, upGrad; Founder, Swades Foundation & RSVP Movies) urged educators to adopt an outsider’s perspective to better navigate the evolving education ecosystem. He spotlighted the shifting aspirations of India’s rural youth—from job-seeking to skill-building and entrepreneurship—and stressed the importance of multidimensional capability-building.
His interactive Q&A session deepened conversations around the future of edtech, the rigour of online learning, and the dual need to support both top-tier placements and entrepreneurship-led careers.
Launch of ‘ATLAS MBA: Built with Industry. Designed for Outcomes.’
Mr. Siddharth Shahani, Co-Founder & Executive President of ATLAS, unveiled an impactful new publication that captures the transformative journeys of ATLAS MBA students. The book showcases ATLAS’ bold model of industry-aligned curricula, personalised mentorship, and strong corporate partnerships that shape next-generation leaders.
Strengthening a Shared Vision for Viksit Bharat
TLC 2025 concluded with renewed commitment from India’s top education leaders to advance a future-ready education ecosystem—one that fosters creativity, critical thinking, innovation and aligns with India’s broader vision of Viksit Bharat.
At ATLAS SkillTech University, we remain dedicated to pioneering a new model of higher education built on global collaborations, industry partnerships, and an innovation-first approach.
Here’s to shaping the future of learning—together.
