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Azim Premji University opens 2026 admissions for PG Diploma in Development Leadership
Aspirants to apply for the programme by 31 May 2025. Classes will begin in January 2026.
Campus Bengaluru
Balancing AI and green economy on the road to 2047
Key sectors, such as renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, green construction, and eco-friendly transportation, offer not just environmental benefits but tremendous economic potential, write Arvind Lakshmisha and Neeti, in Deccan Herald.
Biocontrol agents as a solution for invasive species
More than 600 biocontrol agents have been introduced across the globe, but the method has had low success because it is time-consuming and cannot be used for all invasive species. Explore more with Nandita Jayaraj, in Mongabay.
अज़ीम प्रेमजी फाउंडेशन के स्कूल में निःशुल्क मिलेगी शिक्षा
कैलाश चंद्रा ने बताया कि इटकी में 150 एकड़ जमीन में यूनिवर्सिटी का निर्माण कार्य चल रहा है। जुलाई 2026 में सीबीएसई स्कूल प्रारंभ होने की संभावना है, जहां केजी से 12वीं तक की पढ़ाई होगी। उन्होंने कहा कि इसमें मिड‑डे-मील और स्टेशनरी भी बच्चों को मुफ्त उपलब्ध करायी जाएगी।
Campus Ranchi
Azim Premji University holds two-day event on Health among Tribal Communities
Over 250 delegates from across India, including representatives from civil society organisations working on the health of tribal communities, doctors that serve these communities and members of the public health system, among others participated.
Azim Premji Foundation’s med college and hosp to start operations from Jan 2027
The project will also include a university. The tertiary care hospital and medical college will include a philanthropic wing, particularly benefiting marginalised and tribal students through free education, explains Kailash Kandpal, in The Times of India.
Campus Ranchi
டிரம்ப்பின் வர்த்தகப் போரும் பத்திரச் சந்தையின் சீற்றமும்
ஸ்ரீனிவாச ராகவேந்திரா, அவர்கள் தி ஹிந்து நாளிதழில், டிரம்பின் வர்த்தக போரினால் உலக பொருளாதாரத்தில் ஏற்பட்டுள்ள நிச்சயமற்ற தன்மையை விளக்குகிறார்.
Campus Bengaluru
Azim Premji Foundation’s hospital in Jharkhand to offer free services to poor
The 230-bed super-speciality hospital and medical college is being constructed on about 150-acre Azim Premji University campus in Ranchi’s Itki block.
Campus Ranchi
Book Review: Behind the Bishnoi’s fight for wildlife and nature
Harini Nagendra, in Mint, reviews Martin Goodman’s new book, My Head for a Tree, which chronicles the struggles of the Bishnoi community, especially their crusade to save the environment.

बिहार में शराबबंदी के बाद महिलाओं के अनुभव और चुनौतियां
पश्चिम चंपारण के मझोलिया गांव के मुसहर समुदाय जो पारंपरिक तरीकों से शराब बनाते आए हैं, आज उनके पास रोजगार का साधन केवल मजदूरी रह गया है, जोकि निश्चित नहीं होती है।
Azim Premji University to hold two-day event on health among tribal communities in Ranchi
The event seeks to bring together experiences and learnings from the ground and discuss the health concerns of these communities, emerging challenges, and pathways for improvement.
Campus Ranchi
Explained: How US bond market fury stopped Trump’s trade war
The cost of waging a trade war to bring jobs back to America is the erosion of the US dollar’s position as the world’s reserve currency, writes Srinivasan Raghvendra, in Scroll.
Ambedkar Beyond the Constitution: A Guide, Comrade, and Kin
An exhibition at Azim Premji University for Ambedkar’s 135th birth anniversary showed him not just as a lawmaker, but as a moral guide, friend, and family man through ephemera. | By Anusua Mukherjee, Frontline
Campus Bengaluru
The best don’t always rise to the top but merit isn’t a lost cause
Robust checks and balances, deliberative decision-making and cultures that encourage engaging the minds and hearts of many can prevent the worst excesses of incompetent and unsuitable people at the top, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.
The Missing Diversity in India’s Justice System
Shreehari Paliath, in IndiaSpend, highlights the findings from the fourth edition of the India Justice Report (IJR) 2025.
University Frisbee team brings home the gold
The Azim Premji University Frisbee team won the gold medal at the National College Ultimate Championships (NCUC), held between 5 – 6 April 2025, at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan.
Campus Bengaluru
Ambedkar Jayanti 2025: What were Babasaheb’s views on land, caste and India’s agrarian economy?
Awanish Kumar on Ambedkar’s thoughts on land and agriculture and their relationship with class and caste in rural Indian society, as highlighted by Rajat Ghai in DownToEarth
In Eastern Himalaya, a rare tree emerges, but its future is unclear
Using alternative frameworks to bolster community stewardship could help protect species like E. prunifolius while ensuring sustainable use in priority areas outside protected areas, says Pijush Kumar Dutta, in Nature India.

Seeds of Change: How a Sarjapura village transformed its waste into nourishment
In collaboration with Hasiru dala and the Billapura Panchayat, researchers, along with Akshaya, tried to engage with the village women to help them adopt more sustainable and environment-friendly waste management practices.
Campus Bengaluru
India’s consensus on school education makes space for optimism
A remarkable convergence of views on this elementary matter of the country’s social and economic well-being offers us the common ground needed to do what must be done for education, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.
Dealing with nature’s unwelcome guests
Last month, the country’s leading experts on bioinvasion united for a unique meeting to devise ways to combat the scourge of invasive alien species, reports Nandita Jayaraj.
Campus Bhopal
Government generic drug stores helped save 40% of medical bills for households: Study
The research was conducted by the Centre for Media Studies, a non-government research think tank funded by Azim Premji University.


