India’s universities are producing employable graduates — but not Bharatiyas who can lead the world. This talk from Banasthali Vidyapith makes a stirring case for an education philosophy that goes beyond “lower order” Western materialism — wealth, power, and resources at any cost — toward a Bharatiya model of higher-purpose development rooted in Vasudeva Kutumbakam.
The speaker argues that if India becomes merely economically prosperous by 2047 — a “golden bird” again — it will once more be plundered. The goal must be to become a “golden lion”: technologically advanced, culturally rooted, and militarily sovereign. Banasthali’s pedagogy is offered as a working model where students are shaped not just to earn but to embody Bharatiyata.
The talk weaves together India’s rise to the fourth-largest economy, the revolutionary governance changes post-2014, and a clear civilizational vision: per capita happiness must rise alongside per capita income, and every Bharatiya must become more Bharatiya to contribute to the world.

About the Speaker:
Dr. Harsh Purohit is a Professor of Personal Finance at the largest residential university for women’s education in India, Banasthali Vidyapith, and the Dean-FMS. Prof. Purohit has authored over 65 articles in reputed journals, and over 70 students have been awarded a PhD in his supervision. He is the Co-Investigator of the NITI Aayog’s prestigious Atal Incubation Center at the University and has recently conceptualized the framework of ‘Bharatiya Model of Financial and Digital Literacy’ and ‘Work-Life Natural Fusion’.