Digii100x Andhra Pradesh
Beyond Marks and Rankings:
What Makes a Great Student?
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“We know how to rank students. The harder question is how to recognise their potential.”
What does it take to move higher education beyond measuring students by marks, ranks, and first-job outcomes to recognising and developing their full potential? That was the central question explored in this roundtable at Digii100x Andhra Pradesh. Academic and education leaders explored how institutions can look beyond a single score, develop the whole person, prepare students for an AI-driven world, and redefine success through learning, growth, resilience, and contribution.
Key Discussion Pillars
Beyond Entrance Scores
- Moving beyond single-test performance to recognise multi-dimensional potential, including curiosity, creativity, resilience, contribution, and lived experience.
- Creating more holistic and equitable pathways that consider the student beyond a marksheet.
Developing the Whole Person
- Moving beyond academic achievement to develop character, values, leadership, communication, well-being, resilience, and a sense of community.
- Creating learning environments where students can discover their strengths, build confidence, and grow through experiences beyond the classroom.
Thriving in an AI-Driven World
- Moving beyond rote learning to build AI fluency, critical and creative thinking, adaptability, lifelong learning, and ethical judgement.
- Redesigning learning and assessment so students can apply knowledge, question intelligently, collaborate with AI, and retain distinctly human capabilities.
Defining Graduate Success
- Moving beyond first-job outcomes to measure learning, growth, career resilience, and contribution over time.
- Using alumni journeys, employer feedback, and broader success measures to understand the value institutions create in students long after graduation.
Featured Speakers
Akshay Saxena
Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Avanti Fellows
Ashish Munjal
Co-Founder & CEO, Sunstone
Prof. Chakkalakal V. Tomy
Dean, School of Engineering and Sciences, SRM University
Prof. G. Vijaya Prakash
Director, RGUKT AP-IIIT RK Valley & HAG Professor, IIT Delhi
Prof. J. Kondaiah
Assistant Registrar (Academics), Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University
Prof. K. Srinivasa Rao
Dean, Academic Affairs, Andhra University
Maheshwer Peri
Founder & Chairman, Careers360
Meenakshi Kachroo Chatta
Senior Director, South and Central Asia, The College Board
Dr. Nitin Garg
Director & Founding Member, International School of Management Excellence
Ravi Kumar Burugupalli
Chairman, SASI Group of Institutes
Ravin Nair
Managing Director, QS I-GAUGE
Dr. Senthil Jayavel
Director, Kumaraguru School of Innovation
Dr. Sudipta Dutta
Dean, Academic Affairs & Associate Professor, Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati
Vani Raju
Governing Body Member, Gokaraju Rangaraju Educational Society & Executive Director, Ganges Valley School
Vivek Shukla
Director & CEO, AFAIRS Exhibitions & Media
Where These Conversations Happened
Digii100x Andhra Pradesh was held on 12 June 2026 in Visakhapatnam, bringing together academic leaders, education entrepreneurs, policy voices, and industry experts for conversations on the future of student success.
One of the roundtable conversations focused on a central question: how can higher education move beyond marks, ranks, and first-job outcomes to recognise and develop the full potential of every student?
Leaders explored how institutions can rethink admissions, develop the whole person, prepare students for an AI-driven world, and redefine graduate success through learning, growth, career resilience, and contribution.
The focused discussion became the foundation for this playbook: “Beyond Marks and Rankings: What Makes a Great Student?” It brings together the ideas, experiences, and practical insights that emerged from the conversation around how institutions can rethink what they recognise, develop, and ultimately define as student success.
HEI Leaders
Institutions
Policy & Funding bodies
Move from Measuring Students to Developing Their Full Potential
Look beyond marks, ranks, and first-job outcomes to identify multi-dimensional potential, develop the whole person, prepare students for an AI-driven world, and measure success through learning, growth, resilience, and contribution.
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