As Indian college students face rising uncertainty at Harvard, Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal says it’s time for India to construct its personal Ivy League.
Almost 800 Indian college students at Harvard at the moment are caught within the crosshairs of a U.S. authorities crackdown. The Division of Homeland Safety has revoked Harvard’s means to enroll worldwide college students underneath the Scholar and Change Customer Program, beginning with the 2025–2026 educational 12 months. These affected should switch or danger dropping authorized standing within the U.S.
Responding to the fallout, Agarwal posted a daring message on X: “Amidst international uncertainty, there’s a massive alternative for India, past manufacturing. Larger schooling.”
With the West tightening entry, he argued, India should act. “We should always create Harvards and MITs in India,” he wrote, urging the nation to cease relying on overseas establishments.
Agarwal introduced that Vedanta is growing plans for a large-scale, not-for-profit, digital-first college on a waterfront website in Puri, Odisha. Constructed to international requirements, the college will goal to draw world-class college and college students from each India and overseas. Crucially, it would present full monetary help to college students from underprivileged backgrounds.
“Land mustn’t change into a constraint for constructing massive universities,” Agarwal emphasised. “The returns to society shall be phenomenal.”
The U.S. resolution stems from a standoff between Harvard and the Trump administration over campus protests, variety insurance policies, and alleged overseas ties. Federal companies have pulled funding, and now worldwide college students face disruption as political strain mounts on the college.
For Agarwal, the disaster is a catalyst. “Allow us to seize this chance to be a pacesetter in data and analysis,” he wrote.
