The new education policy has a laudable vision, but its influence will depend on whether it is able to effectively merge with the government’s other policy initiatives Digital India, Skill India and the New Industrial Policy to name a few in order to effect a coherent reconstruction. For instance, policy linkages can ensure that education policy speaks to and learns from Skill India’s experience in engaging more dynamically with the private sector to shape vocational education curricula in order to make it a success. There is also a need for more evidence-based decision-making, to adapt to rapidly evolving shifts and disruption. NEP has encouragingly provisioned for real-time evaluation systems and a consultative monitoring framework. This shall enable the education system to constantly reform itself, instead of waiting for a new education policy every decade for a shift in curriculum. This, in itself, will be a remarkable achievement. In this context, this study is based on secondary data and the concepts of NEP – 2020 – issues and challenges, finally present Indian higher education system.