Budget: Time for a massive boost to education?

The Hindu hosted a webinar titled, ‘Budget: Time for a massive boost to education?’, on January 24, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. The panellists included: Tikender Singh Panwar, Former Deputy Mayor, Shimla Municipal Corporation; Abhishek Malhotra, Assistant Professor, Sri Venkateswara College(DU); Prof. Vishwanathan Iyer, Sr. Associate Professor,Great Lakes, Chennai. The webinar was moderated by M. Kalyanaraman, who heads the education vertical at The Hindu.