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Azim Premji University’s Sports Festival Esprit 2025
From invitational tournaments to hands-on experience for students to host large-scale events, here are the highlights from Esprit 2025
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Beyond the classroom: University festival dives into the crisis and culture of India’s coasts
The festival represents a proactive step towards empowering citizens to become champions for our coasts and oceans.
If schools don’t shield children from AI, we risk raising kids who may forget how to think
We are failing to see AI for what it is — a tool that is altering humans — drowned in the awe of its unprecedented power as a tool to alter the world, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.
Azim Premji University’s climate festival focuses on coasts & oceans
The festival, titled ‘Coasts and Oceans of Life’, will conclude on November 8.
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Azim Premji University celebrates the spirit of the seas and coasts with the “Coasts & Oceans of Life” Festival
Visitors can explore student research exhibits and immersive installations, join storytelling and film sessions, and participate in interactive workshops led by scientists, artists, educators, and community practitioners from across the country.
Why activists, educationists want Karnataka caste survey to be taken seriously
The survey is a “long overdue exercise” aimed at generating social measures for disadvantaged groups across the board, says A Narayana. | By Kavitha Shanmugam, The Federal
AI from Class III: Is India’s emphasis on technology in primary education a leap forward or one too soon?
AI is both seductive and addictive. We need to exercise social wisdom in taking decisions about placing it in the hands of small children, writes R Ramanujam in The Indian Express.
Vintage Deepavali letters, postcards on display in Bengaluru
The exhibition is at the Indian Heritage Academy, Koramangala. Curated by author Ankita Pandey, and organised by Azim Premji University, the exhibition will be on till Sunday, 26 Oct 2025 (11 AM‑5 PM).
Meet the Winners | 9th National Social Enterprise Idea Challenge
Students of D J Sanghvi College of Engineering, Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, and NMIMS (Mumbai) emerge winners in Social Enterprise Idea Challenge organised by Azim Premji University.
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How to build an enabling school culture
Every member of the school community — students, educators, parents, and support staff — must feel equally valued, respected, and believe that they have a voice and representation in matters that affect them, writes Ankur Madan in The Hindu.
The climate plot thickens
From stories about cloud monsters to reimagined fairytales, environmental literature is emerging as a growing trend in children’s publishing, writes Mohd Shehwaaz Khan in The New Indian Express.
0K Physics Fest 2025
Zero Kelvin— the lowest achievable temperature and the coolest a fest can get!
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National Women Farmers’ Day: India’s natural farming policies risk perpetuating gender bias, burdening women in agriculture
As India moves towards sustainable farming, women’s labour and equity challenges come into sharper focus, writes Manjula M in Down To Earth.
Donors must change how they engage NGOs for India to achieve better social outcomes
Clarity, operational simplicity, and a tone of equality, along with the money, can go a long way for NGOs to invest their energies where they should, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.
Caste over Constitution
Institutional spaces remain saturated with caste-based humiliation, writes K Kalyani in Frontline.
From water scarcity to water tourism
Once riddled with issues such as water scarcity and migration, Khamdhodhagi in Chhattisgarh has shown how collective action can lead to sustainable transformation, highlights Manthati Sai Kiran in Village Square.
Postcards and censuses
Vikas Kumar, in Frontline, shares how the humble postal system helped build trust in the decennial population counts — a lesson for today’s digital age and its anxieties.
From slums to Bristol streets: A scholar’s tale of resilience
Growing up in a slum didn’t deter Triveni Dhamdhare from pursuing studies in a prestigious institution overseas, writes Sudhir Suryawanshi in The New Indian Express.
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Scrutiny please: The social sciences seem overburdened by dodgy claims
To make the knowledge system useful, we should stop giving it a free pass, question its claims and approach its prescriptions with humility. In social sciences, many of these are perspectives, not universal truths, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.
India’s New Narrative about its Population Growth with Data
India must counter its age-old narrative of population control by investing in disaggregated data to acknowledge disparities across caste, class, and gender, writes Mayur Trivedi, in SustainabilityNext.