Meeta Sengupta is a prolific writer, speaker, and a pioneer in education policy. After a career in banking, she was inspired to work in education policy. In over two decades of experience with education policy in India, England and the US, she has found time to spur the creation of ISB and also write short stories for children. In this episode, we discuss the incentives in the Indian education system and how they shape the entrepreneurs of our country. We also chat about the spaces in education that she's excited about, including AI-enabled learning and biohacking, and how India's entrepreneurial future must be built atop progressive education policy.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro, and Meeta Sengputa’s journey from Banking to Education

13:40 - What Indian Edtech Startups get right and wrong, and how the Govt., VCs, and NGOs affect education in India

26:23 - Indian Govt. announcing that Math and Physics are not ‘essential’ for engineering entrance exams, and the talent arbitrage between India and Western Countries

36:18 - How education policy influences entrepreneurship in India, and whether India should promote risk taking and entrepreneurial skills in its curriculum

49:55 - Future Opportunities in EdTech, and the Moment Where Learning Happens

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