Post Covid, higher education in Northeast India sees uptickAs the education scenario post Covid changes drastically, students in India’s Northeastern states are increasingly choosing a university or college closer to home. Stakeholders, ranging from parents to educators, say region-based universities have emerged as viable higher education contenders, as opposed to learners migrating to other states in the Covid era.Education in North East India is coming of age, this is a shared opinion among the region’s stakeholders. For Narayan Chandra Talukdar, Vice Chancellor of Assam down town University – a prestigious institution offering over 64 programmes and with over 8000 students from 10 Indian states as well as Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and as far as some African countries, the goal is to standardize the education system to meet global standards and compete favourably.