Academicians discuss the challenges and opportunities pertaining to the Draft National Education Policy at the 5th Higher Education Conference. Among the panellists were Mangat Ram Sharma, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Tamil Nadu; Dr Sandeep Sancheti, Vice Chancellor of SRM University; Dr S Vaidhyasubramaniam, Vice Chancellor of Sastra University; Dr Sunder Ramaswamy, Vice Chancellor of KREA University; Dr Kuncheria Isaac, Vice Chancellor of Hindustan University; and Dr Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Vice Chancellor of Saveetha University.