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What is Janato Cinema? How Azim Premji Foundation’s New Initiative Is Backing Socially-Engaged Films
As the Azim Premji Foundation enters film production with Janato Cinema, filmmakers see an opportunity to fill a long-standing gap in funding for independent, socially engaged work, writes Zico Ghosh, in The Hollywood Reporter.
Why fewer state-run schools does not signal neglect of education: It’s learning that matters
Consolidation is not neglect of the public system but an improvement – and only if you are not seeing the reality on the ground you think of it otherwise, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.
Cascading hazards and the limits of transboundary preparedness in the Himalayas
The Bhote Koshi flood was not a conventional glacial lake outburst. Understanding what happened and preparing for what comes next will require more than any one discipline, or any one country, can offer, writes Remya S N in The Times of India.
Bhopas in Churu: Putting Down Roots
The nomadic life of this community of musicians is slowly changing as they settle in one place. Access to state benefits is yet to reach them, writes Pramod Indaliya in People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI).
Azim Premji University to screen documentary on Kannada scholar
‘Shabdajeevi’, a documentary celebrating the life and literary contributions of renowned Kannada lexicographer Prof G Venkatasubbaiah will be screened at the Indian Institute of World Culture, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru on 26 Aug 2026.
School children shouldn’t have to pay the price for untenable orthodoxies about learning
While continuous evaluation was supposed to keep learning on track, a whole generation of students had to bear the cost, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.
Azim Premji University to host lecture on India’s changing middle classes
‘A Tale of Two Middle Classes,’ by Sonalde Desai on 24 Aug 2026 at 6:30 PM at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC), will explore how India’s economic transformation has reshaped everyday life in the 21st century.
Location Bangalore International Centre (BIC)
Kannada Children’s Literature Fellowship Announced: Nine Works Selected for Publication
The jury selected works for publication across a wide range of genres, from poetry to short stories.
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Same Experiments, New Story
Molecular biology workshops are nothing new to Beena DB and Krishna Deepak, but this time they chose to follow a completely different approach, as highlighted by Nandita Jayaraj.
What makes inheriting Partition different from remembering it
When history is passed down in fragments, through family stories, silences, memories of loss and belonging, we do not inherit the whole of the past. We inherit particular versions of it, writes Malini Bhattacharjee in ThePrint.
‘You miss the real motivations by seeing RSS only through politics’: Author Malini Bhattacharjee
In her new book Swayamsevak, Malini Bhattacharjee shifts the lens from top leadership to the ordinary cadres who sustain the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at the grassroots, as highlighted in Business Today.
Children must not be deprived of real learning in the process of trying to make education fun
Even a well-meaning push for less burdensome education would fail if students are not encouraged to make an effort, as illustrated by Anurag Behar in Mint.
Refocusing mid-day meals: What children really need | Number Theory
Introducing eggs in the meal is an effective way of improving nutritional quality and appeal of the scheme, writes Dipa Sinha in Hindustan Times.
Is there a Mathematics with Indian characteristics?
The arrival of computation as a meta-discipline raises the spectre of infusing Mathematics again with Indian characteristics, writes Shailaja Sharma in Exclusive News.
Present, but not included
Dhriti Kriplani and Sandhya Basu, in Democratic Jagat, highlight their study conducted across five inclusive schools in Bengaluru, which helps understand the tension between schools’ pedagogical capacity and policy enforcement.
Why the quality of cognitive patience is important
The ability to wait and watch, to observe patterns as they unfold and to stay the course are crucial aspects of resilient life, writes Aruna Sankaranarayanan in The Hindu.
The literacy crisis hiding behind the AI boom
AI promises access to knowledge. But, for learners without foundational literacy, the instructions remain unreadable, writes Sharoon Sunny in The Hindu.
Three Azim Premji University students selected for Avery Dennison Foundation EnviroChamp Fellowship
Anuja Krishna, Shivaani Arunprasad, and Vanya Hegde, undergraduates pursuing BSc in Environmental Science and Sustainability, are amongst the 10 students selected from India.
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Rockfalls every 30 secs: Scientists back from Satopanth Glacier flag emerging Himalayan climate hazard
Remya S N and Sunil Singh Shah have called for greater scientific research and policy attention to understand how climate change could be destabilising Himalayan slopes, writes Gaurav Talwar in The Times of India.
What is a safe school?
Aruna S, in Deccan Herald, explores what schools can do to ensure that every child is safe and feels safe within their premises.
Learning to Read: Why faulty theories should not be allowed to get in the way of primary education
A theory on how reading skills are best imparted has done much damage but we are changing course, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.
Indian mission in Shanghai organises lecture on Sulba Sutras
Shailaja Sharma delivered the lecture titled ‘Geometry of the Cord and Pin (Sulba Sutras)’, as highlighted in Daily Excelsior.
A City in Transition : What Five Years of Budget Reveal about Bengaluru
Ananya Senapati, in BNN, highlights how her examination of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) budget documents from 2019 to 2024 depicts the city’s transition and reveals Bengaluru’s climate resilience strategy.
TN, Kerala coastlines to be hit with rise in sea levels, intense heatwaves: Study
Coastal communities, fisheries, agriculture, public health, critical infrastructure to be affected unless adaptation measures are strengthened, as highlighted in the study by Azim Premji University, writes TL Selva Suriyan in DT Next.
‘Among Informal Workers, The Less Educated Travel The Farthest’
State of Working India 2026 reveals distinct patterns in migration corridors, including on where and how far informal workers are willing to go in search of work, highlights Karthik Madhavapeddi in IndiaSpend, from his interview with Tamoghna Halder.
Bengaluru: Panel to revisit Adam Smith’s legacy
The panel discussion at Indian Heritage Academy (IHA), in collaboration with Azim Premji University, will explore Adam Smith’s ideas and their relevance to contemporary economic and social issues.
Making financial literacy a life skill
Pranali P Naik, a first-year MA in Development student at Azim Premji University, recently represented her project DhanWise and the State of Goa at the Global Shapers Annual Summit in Geneva, Switzerland.
Children’s schooling has swung from one dogma to another: Here’s what to watch out for
Effective teaching comes not from the perfect application of a particular doctrine, but from judgement — discerning what a child needs, highlights Anurag Behar in Mint.
What’s ailing welfare in India today?
The launch of ‘Realising Rights: A Handbook of Welfare in India’, published by Azim Premji University on June 26 considered this question in depth, writes Falak Ali in The Wire.
Rights or benefits? Azim Premji University handbook examines shift in India’s welfare architecture
Has India quietly moved from guaranteeing welfare as a right to delivering it as a benefit? That question dominated the launch of Realising Rights, published by Azim Premji University, writes Vitasta Kaul, in ThePrint.