PM Modi to chair 5th Chief Secretaries' Conference, focus on 'human capital for Viksit Bharat'
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New Delhi: The 5th National Conference of chief secretaries, chaired by Prime Minister Modi , will focus on building and leveraging ' human capital ' to achieve national goals To be held in November 2025 on the theme 'Human Capital for Viksit Bharat ', the conference will look at a series of action plans across sectors from education to skilling to R&D in cutting-edge areas, ET has learnt.It is being held in the wake of a fast-paced technology scale-up and R&D across several countries and the imperative to ensure India's manpower is trained and equipped to steer the country into the 'Viksit Bharat' mode.The meet follows from the 2024 one that focused on 'Promoting Entrepreneurship , Employment and Skilling: Leveraging the Demographic dividend'.A key pillar for the fifth edition is 'Schooling: Building Blocks' and focus will be on basic education to outcome-based education; quality upgrades and key areas of improvement.The conference will see all states take stock of the scenario of education in their respective regions, the challenges faced, solution pathways and time-bound action plans to ensure qualitative improvement across all geographies.
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