By Dr Dhruv Galgotia, CEO, Galgotias University
“The introduction of the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill 2025 marks a landmark moment for India’s education landscape. By unifying regulatory functions under a single, expert-driven authority, the Bill addresses long-standing challenges of fragmentation, overlapping mandates, and compliance complexity. Its alignment with the vision of NEP 2020 — through distinct verticals — will bring greater transparency and accountability to the system.
For progressive institutions like Galgotias University, this reform opens the door to enhanced autonomy, outcome-based innovation, and globally benchmarked academic quality. We believe HECI will empower universities to focus more on academic excellence and student success, while helping organize and streamline the higher education sector in a more coherent and future-ready manner. This is a forward-looking step that will strengthen India’s aspiration to become a global hub for higher education.”
