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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

The report highlights that governments collectively spend around 7 percent of GDP and 21 percent of total public expenditure on key welfare sectors and schemes, writes Ajith Athrady in Deccan Herald.

For the study, Azim Premji University analysed allocations and spending patterns under major schemes, highlights Priyansh Verma in Moneycontrol.

Azim Premji University’s new welfare handbook says India’s public systems have expanded, but health, education, nutrition and social security still face deep gaps, writes Vivek Mishra in DownToEarth.

India’s social sector requires a high degree of awareness among donors of their own weaknesses, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

Anuja Krishna, Shivaani Arunprasad, and Vanya Hegde, undergraduates pursuing BSc in Environmental Science and Sustainability, are amongst the 10 students selected from India. 

Children’s education must include the history of colonial destruction of wildlife and the frequently overlooked conservation wisdom of indigenous communities, writes Anish Mokashi in The Wire.

Chandrika Muralidhar and Neha Pant, in Teacher Plus, examine how inherited beliefs, traditions, and power structures shape teaching, urging educators to critically reimagine classrooms for equity, agency, and meaningful learning.

While Meghalaya’s fertility decline in National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 6 is encouraging, policies should address the structural drivers of continued childbearing, writes Mayur Trivedi in The Shillong Times.

We can build a strong society by helping it stand firm under the weight it already carries, rather than adding more weight to an already burdened institution, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

Growing up on an overstimulated digital diet, children now have flickering attention spans and diminishing patience. They find memorising tables very challenging, writes Aruna Sankaranarayanan in Deccan Herald.

The report, released by Azim Premji University, warns that climate change is no longer a distant threat and India’s coastal regions are already entering a period of significant environmental transition.

आयोजन का उद्देश्य केवल जनगणना के प्रति जागरूकता फैलाना ही नहीं, बल्कि संचार के पारंपरिक माध्यमों के ऐतिहासिक महत्व से भी लोगों को परिचित कराना था।

India’s average temperatures are projected to increase by 1.5°C by 2040, with approximately 40 coastal districts likely to see summer temperatures rise by over 1°C, as per the Indian Coastal Region: Climate Projections 2021 – 2040 report by Azim Premji University.

As India prepares for its 16th census, Soutik Biswas, in BBC, highlights a new exhibition curated by Vikas Kumar that revisits that forgotten history through stamps, postmarks and letters once used to rally citizens behind the national headcount.

India’s coastal regions are facing an imminent climate crisis that will reshape lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems within the next couple of years, according to the ​‘Indian Coastal Region: Climate Projections 2021 – 2040’ report released by Azim Premji University.

Students in Grades VI to XII move through dense theoretical content across multiple subjects — all within a fixed school day, as highlighted by Anurag Behar in Mint.

The study, in collaboration with researchers from Azim Premji University and IIM Ahmedabad, highlights the growing role of satellite technology and data analytics in governance and policy evaluation.

Urban water bodies are valued as recreational amenities, ecological assets and for flood management, but never as food systems, which is what they are for a significant portion of users, writes Jyotsnika Tiwari in Mongabay.

As workers return to cities again, perhaps it is time to think afresh about dignity and respect for people who provide essential services, and create fairer contracts that recognise human effort, writes Garima Agarwal in The Indian Express.