Updated Jan 12, 2021 | 16:44 IST | Harjiv Singh How Education Can Be India’s Next 100-Billion Dollar Opportunity explains Harjiv Singh, Founder & CEO, BrainGain Global; Convener, One Globe Forum. How Education can be India's Next 100 Billion Dollar chance | Photo Credit: Representative Image As COVID-19 continues to upend our lives, there is welcome news on the education front. The Indian government’s National Education Policy 2020 envisages a new platform to rearchitect the Indian education system. It aims to replace defunct rote-learning, especially in the K-12 space, and welcome international collaboration by inviting foreign universities to set up campuses. This is promising for several reasons. First, India has the youngest population in the world. Second, although the country is home to the IITs and IIMs, these institutions have not scaled to meet the needs of a burgeoning, aspirational young population.