Education has the herculean task of moving civilisations forward. Over three decades later, India has introduced a revised national education policy (NEP 2020). This essay sees the policy as a catalyst to overcome the systemic inertial buildup since the country's colonial days. It looks outwards to draw inspiration and inwards to a nation expressing its pride, bringing together ideas and ways of thinking, and contextualising them to work for the Indian education system. As practitioners of design thinking, the authors explore and hypothesise how a shift to a growth mindset could benefit the country's education system and set a robust foundation for India to transform its economy with innovation at the forefront.