Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was represented in an elite FICCI Higher Education Round Table at Hotel Le Meredien, New Delhi on 28 November, 2023. The theme of the round table organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) was ‘Raising the Bar: The Significance of Benchmarking in Higher Education’.  40+ senior administrators of various premier higher educational institutions in India participated in the round table and provided concrete suggestions for FICCI to advocate policy recommendations to the government of India. Dr. Abhay Jere, Vice-Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AlCTE) delivered a special address and outlined various initiatives and policy interventions in technical education by AICTE. Dr. Prashant R. Nair, Head, IQAC, of Amrita’s Coimbatore campus, highlighted Amrita’s vision of research for societal benefit and reinforced on the need for all statutory and regulatory agencies in India to have a central repository for data.