Budget 2026: Consequences for education?

The Hindu hosted a webinar titled, ‘Budget: Consequences for education?’, on February 7, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. The panellists were Saumen Chattopadhyay, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Abhishek Malhotra, Assistant Professor, Sri Venkateswara College(DU); and Jones Mathew, Principal & Head of Institution Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon; and Pravesh Dudani, Founder and Chancellor, Medhavi Skills University (MSU). The webinar was moderated by M. Kalyanaraman, who heads the education vertical at The Hindu.