Higher education in india is entering an era of transformation. Educational institutions are developing state-of-the-art infrastructure powered by new technologies to complement the pedagogy, thus ensuring better outcomes in terms of student performance. Seeing this change happening across educational streams, we have come up with this special issue to put the spotlight on institutions that are excelling in their respective streams.

The cover story of this issue features atlas skilltech university which started out as isdi school of design and innovation in 2013, and now it is a conglomerate that includes isme school of management and entrepreneurship, sdt school of digital technology, smc school of media and communication, and sf school of film and animation. The institute is promoting the importance of multidisciplinary education and equipping its students with the needed technical and soft skills. Also featuring in the issue is institute of tourism and hotel management (ithm) which is a statefunded government institute started in 1984 as a part of agra university, which was later changed to dr. Bhim rao ambedkar university in 1996. To provide skilled manpower to the stakeholders of the tourism and hospitality sector, ithm has been addressing the existing adversities in society by providing job opportunities to several students in the thriving segments of the tourism and hospitality industry. Reading on you will find more such stories.

After scrutinizing the colleges and universities in the respective fields, we have selected the top performers who have showcased exceptional academic expertise. With the intent to transform the lives of students, these colleges have exhibited the acumen to adapt to the evolution of the educational fields and help students emerge victorious.

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