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@article{208680,
        author = {Rajat Nareshbhai Talajiya and Javnika S. Sheth},
        title = {Technology, Psychological Well-being and Human-Centered Education: Reimagining Higher Education in the Digital Era},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {4},
        pages = {2375-2385},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=208680},
        abstract = {The rapid digital transformation of higher education has fundamentally altered the ways in which students learn, teachers teach, institutions operate, and knowledge is created and disseminated. Digital learning platforms, artificial intelligence, virtual classrooms, learning management systems, online resources and data-driven educational technologies have expanded access, flexibility and opportunities for personalized learning. Nevertheless, technological advancement alone cannot guarantee meaningful education or psychological well-being. Excessive digital engagement, information overload, technostress, fragmented attention, reduced interpersonal interaction, privacy concerns and uncertainty surrounding artificial intelligence can create new psychological and educational challenges. This conceptual article examines the relationship between technology, psychological well-being and human-Centered education in contemporary higher education, with particular reference to the Indian educational context. The article further integrates the vision of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and relevant perspectives from the Bharatiya Knowledge System (BKS). NEP 2020 advocates holistic and multidisciplinary education, flexibility, critical thinking, creativity, inclusion, ethical and human values, and appropriate integration of technology. The Bharatiya Knowledge System offers complementary perspectives concerning holistic human development, self-awareness, ethical responsibility, interconnectedness and the teacher–learner relationship. The article argues that technology should be regarded as an enabling instrument rather than the center of education. It proposes an Integrated Human-Centered Digital Higher Education Model (IHDHE) consisting of five interconnected dimensions: digital capability, psychological well-being, human-Centered pedagogy, Bharatiya knowledge and values, and the policy vision of NEP 2020. The article concludes that India's future higher-education system should aim not merely to become digitally advanced but to become psychologically sensitive, ethically responsible, culturally rooted, inclusive and fundamentally human. The ultimate objective of digital transformation should therefore be the enhancement of human capability and well-being rather than technological adoption for its own sake.},
        keywords = {Technology, Psychological Well-being, Human-Centered Education, Higher Education, NEP 2020, Bharatiya Knowledge System, Digital Education, Artificial Intelligence},
        month = {September},
        }