Agartala, 14th November 2026 : Former IPS officer and former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Dr Kiran Bedi has called for greater emphasis on practical training and community engagement among students, stating that Tripura has the potential to set an example for the entire Northeast.
Speaking at the 5th Tripura Dialogue Forum Talk organised by the National Law University (NLU), Tripura, at Nazrul Kalakshetra on Saturday, Bedi appreciated the university’s efforts to connect law students with panchayats through legal aid clinics. Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr Yogesh Pratap Singh was the patron of the programme, while Assistant Professor of Law Dr Debasree Debnath served as faculty advisor.
She stressed that classroom education alone cannot prepare future professionals for real-world challenges. Encouraging NLU to extend its initiative to every panchayat and involve other educational institutions, she proposed internships in government departments, police stations, schools and healthcare centres.
“Leadership is not merely about theory; it is developed through practice. The more you experience the ground reality, the better you understand the law,” Bedi observed.
Highlighting the limitations of excessive dependence on Artificial Intelligence, she remarked that practical experience would make students’ knowledge and responses distinctly different from AI-generated outputs.
“Every student of Tripura should be associated with meaningful community work. If you achieve this, Tripura will become a role model for the entire Northeast,” she said, urging the university to turn its initiatives into a broader national movement.
