While speaking at the Observer Research Foundation on ‘How we are failing India and its youth: the urgent need for reform in higher education’, Anil Kakodkar said “Skills have to become an essential part of the education system. Learning has to be made a practical experience . A science student should have an understanding of the humanities and management and economics and vice versa. For holistic growth, a student has to be on a university campus where there is ongoing research and be part of a community of academics. That is not possible in affiliated colleges.”

Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission is heading a committee to look into university reforms in Maharashtra, which he said was still a “work in progress”.

“A good education is where a student learns to adapt to changing scenarios,” Kakodkar said.