Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Pune Education Seen as Key to Future Active Citizens
Pune’s municipal commissioner said education will help shape the city’s future.
He explained that young people need to become responsible and active citizens.
Pune is known as an important education and culture center.
He said the city’s future depends on both good infrastructure and good people.
Triveni Goswami Mathur said schools should teach more than academic subjects.
She wants students to be socially aware while still learning well.
James Dahl said exams should not be the only goal of education.
He also emphasized confidence, character and curiosity.
Municipal Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram said education will help prepare responsible and active citizens for Pune’s future.
Ram described Pune as a major educational and cultural hub for Maharashtra and India.
He said Pune’s development will depend not only on infrastructure and technology but also on its people.
Triveni Goswami Mathur said education should combine academic excellence with social awareness and responsibility.
James Dahl urged schools to develop students’ confidence, character and curiosity beyond examination performance.
- Who
- Pune Municipal Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram, media educator Triveni Goswami Mathur and James Dahl, Master of Wellington College UK.
- What
- They discussed how education can help build Pune’s future and develop responsible, capable young citizens.
- When
- Saturday, September 12; the year was not specified in the report.
- Where
- The third Founder’s Day celebration of Wellington College International Pune, in Pune.
- Why
- The speakers highlighted education’s role in preparing young people to contribute to Pune’s transformation into a future city.
Broader Civic and Personal Development
Academic Achievement and City Building
What education should prioritize
Broader Civic and Personal Development
Triveni Goswami Mathur and James Dahl emphasized responsibility, social awareness, confidence, character and curiosity beyond examinations.
Academic Achievement and City Building
The speakers also retained or acknowledged the importance of academic excellence, while Ram connected education to Pune’s wider development.
How Pune’s future will be shaped
Broader Civic and Personal Development
Ram said the city’s future depends on its people and on young citizens who can contribute meaningfully to society.
Academic Achievement and City Building
Ram also highlighted the Pune Municipal Corporation’s work on infrastructure and technology as part of building Pune as a future city.
- Main speaker
- Naval Kishore Ram, Municipal Commissioner of Pune
- Event
- Third Founder’s Day celebration of Wellington College International Pune
- Discussion topic
- “Building the City of Tomorrow — The Role of Education in Pune’s Future”
- Pune’s status
- Described as an educational and cultural hub for Maharashtra and India
- Education’s civic role
- Preparing responsible and active citizens
- Broader learning goals
- Confidence, character, curiosity and social awareness alongside academic excellence