Indian higher education has spent the last decade digitising. Most institutions now run an ERP, an LMS, smart classrooms and a range of standalone tools, often adopted department by department. The result is a campus that is digital but not intelligent: data sits in silos, faculty lose hours to reporting, students navigate multiple portals, and every NAAC or NIRF cycle still triggers a scramble for evidence.

At the same time, expectations are rising sharply. NEP 2020, Academic Bank of Credits, outcome-based accreditation, the DPDP Act and intense competition for admissions demand institutions that can see, decide and act in real time. AI makes this possible. An AI-native institution goes beyond recording what happened: it connects academics, administration and student services on a unified foundation, predicts at-risk students, automates routine work and gives leadership a live view of institutional health.

For education leaders, the question is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to build it into the core of the institution so that it delivers measurable returns in efficiency, learning outcomes, faculty productivity and financial sustainability. This roundtable brings together Chancellors, Vice Chancellors and institutional leaders to explore what it truly takes to build the AI-native campus, and how to ensure every digital investment earns its place.