Shri Dharmendra Pradhan chaired the 13th Meeting of the Council of National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) in New Delhi today

• NITSER Council = apex statutory policy body for 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, and 7 IISERs, chaired by the Union Education Minister.
• Constituted under the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (Act No. 29 of 2007).
• 13th Meeting (13 Jan 2026, Bharat Mandapam) flagged industry-led curriculum, product-based PhDs, incubation centres, research parks — links the topic to NEP 2020, Viksit Bharat 2047, Atmanirbhar Bharat.
• High-yield for GS-II (education governance) and GS-III (S&T, innovation).