Keeping track of youth aspirations against the system’s ability to match them is critical if India is serious about creating a productive labour force, writes Garima Agarwal in The Hindu.

The State of Working India 2026 report charts a young worker’s transition from education into employment, and how this has evolved over the last four decades, highlights India Development Review.

Higher education assessment models must foster critical thinking and align learning with real-world demands, writes Shilpi Banerjee in Deccan Herald.

Former Vice-Chancellor of Sanskrit University Padma Shekhar inaugurated the programme on the theme ​‘Modern Kannada Literary Sensibilities.’ | The Hindu

The seventh edition of Sahitya Sahavasa highlighted the literary contributions of noted Kannada writers Triveni, K S Narasimhaswamy and Devanur Mahadeva, and their enduring relevance in contemporary discourse. | The Times of India

The day-long programme, to be inaugurated by former Vice Chancellor of Sanskrit University Dr Padma Shekar, will celebrate the literary contributions of eminent Kannada writers. | The Hindu

Dr Rai also delivered the keynote lecture during the Phule-Ambedkar Memorial week organised at the University, writes Sanjiv Kumar Bakshi in The Tribune.

The trajectory of young men’s employment has risen from 2017 onwards. However, the underlying structure follows a different pattern. Yasar Arafath and Rosa Abraham, in Hindustan Times, draw from the State of Working India 2026 to discuss this further.

The Hindu hosted a webinar on 18 April 2026. The panellists were Santonu Goswami, Azim Premji University; Jayalakshmy Nambiar, Senior Educationist; Pallavi Phatak and Arjun Atreya, Asar. The webinar was moderated by Ravina Warkad, The Hindu.

Despite the uncertainties of a deglobalising world, climate change, and AI, the manufacturing sector and global value chains are likely to remain important if India is to reach middle-income status by 2047, writes Amit Basole in The Times of India. 

The word now travels on autopilot through the sector, shaping thinking and surviving without anyone pausing to ask whether it is honest or useful, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

The manner in which a school imposes punctuality among students defines how students receive it, writes Aruna Sankaranarayanan in Deccan Herald.

The programme on April 17 will be held at the Indian Institute of World Culture in Basavanagudi, featuring film, music, discussions, and personal recollections.

Bhargavi Shanigarapu and Rosa Abraham, in Hindustan Times, contrast the structural transformation experience for the young and old cohorts of workers, given different levels of education and aspirations.

The growing preoccupation with systems change risks distorting priorities and undermining meaningful work on the ground, writes Anurag Behar in India Development Review (IDR).

The proposed curriculum could add to the information overload, without addressing the central concern relating to middle-school children using AI, writes R Ramanujam in The Indian Express.

Faculty from IIT Madras, Gandhinagar, Azim Premji University, Dhirubhai Ambani School, along with other subject experts, prepared the syllabi for both computing and AI.

Businesses should pay workers better wages instead of blaming the country’s welfare apparatus, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

Ananya Mukherjee and Aditi Sudhir emphasise on the importance of research in microbial ecology at a time when projections show that by 2030, two-thirds of the global population is projected to live in urban areas.

High unemployment among the educated youth indicates that the transition from education to employment remains a challenge, write Amit Basole, Bhargavi Shanigaraupu, and Mrinalini Jha, in Hindustan Times.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Dilip Menon, International Relations Department at Wits University, about India’s state of employment as reflected in the State of Working India Report 2026, and more. | CapeTalk

Titled ​‘Stories of the Sari’, it will be performed by Manjunatha Yalapenahalli and his troupe from Tumakuru.

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