Pre Budget Quote-Athena Education

By Rahul Subramaniam, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Athena Education

“During the Iwakura Mission, Japanese leaders travelled the world to gather insights that would help Japan evolve as a growing nation, learning about aspects of Western civilization from politics and administration to the military, diplomacy, industry, and culture. India can consider a similar exercise in pursuit of national transformation. To replicate the mission in today’s India, the government should subsidize education to elite universities abroad. These scholars should then be encouraged to return for at least five years and contribute their intellectual vigour to the country’s growth. After all, Indians have always prided themselves in learning from the world’s best institutions: Nehru at Trinity, Gandhi at UCL, and Ambedkar at Columbia and LSE.”