Young people are leaving behind agriculture faster than ever, but lack of adequate training means they are stuck in cities with low-paying informal work and no growth prospects, writes Samreen Wani in Forbes.

The State of Working India 2026 report says skill training, vocational and technical, must be made aspirational. The world of work has to be made class and caste-agnostic, as highlighted in The Times of India.

India’s youth story is a study in contradictions — of abundance and scarcity, promise and drift, writes Soutik Biswas, in BBC.

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As history shows, the pride of those accountable to nobody risks civilisational collapse, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

अज़ीम प्रेमजी यूनिवर्सिटी की तरफ से भारत में कामकाज की स्थिति-2026 रिपोर्ट जारी की गई है। ये रिपोर्ट कहती है कि 2030 के बाद कामकाजी आबादी का अनुपात घटने लगेगा, जिससे रोजगार सृजन की गति बढ़ाने की जरूरत और अधिक महत्वपूर्ण हो जाएगी।

The State of Working India (SWI) 2026 report estimates that the share of the working-age population will begin to decline after 2030, highlights Padmini Dhruvaraj in The New Indian Express.

India’s young workforce is becoming more educated, even as challenges persist in their transition into employment, according to Azim Premji University’s State of Working India 2026 report, as highlighted in The Tribune.

The report by Azim Premji University highlights growing access to higher education and the challenges young people face moving from education to employment.

Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, in Kashmir Times, reflects upon his experience at the two-day National Conference titled Dreams, Dilemmas, Discontent: Youth in Contemporary India at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru Campus.

We are now used to getting things at the click of a button and so our capacity to wait has eroded, writes Aruna Sankaranarayanan in The Hindu.

Budgetary support for agriculture remains stagnant, impeding rural employment and consumption, write Sonal Ann D’Souza and Sunit Arora in Deccan Herald.

Mudit Joshi shares his observations from near an emergency triage room of Obstetrics and Gynaecology department in a medical college. He highlights its day-to-day ebbs and flows in Medico Friend Circle (MFC) Bulletin.

Omme Hennagu, to be attended by Mushtaq, will be hosted by the Indian Heritage Academy (IHA) in collaboration with Azim Premji University. 

The government also launched a six-month pre-school education certificate course for Anganwadi teachers in collaboration with Azim Premji University, highlights Sribala Vadlapatla, in The Times of India.

AI collapses time by delivering conclusions instantly, denying children the experience of living inside the slow unfolding of meaning, writes Sharoon Sunny, in EduKida.

Money, power and sainthood may beckon but those who do not fall for them have common traits, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

Launched in 2015, the District Collector’s Internship Programme provides national-level internship, offering structured exposure to public administration. Azim Premji University and the National Service Scheme were among the partners.

Deep reading is not simply decoding. It is a way of thinking, a cognitive process that involves the willingness to slow down, to inhabit another voice, to tolerate ambiguity, and to dwell in meaning, writes Pooja Arya in The Hindu.

At the intersections of disability and queerness, expressive arts become tools for identity exploration and resistance, writes Swati Modh in Education Edge Global.

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Mother-tongue education is not simply about preservation of the past; it is about sustaining the conditions for original thought, ethical judgment, and intellectual depth, writes Sharoon Sunny in Deccan Herald.

As AI-driven slop, techno-faith, and more pervade public life, we must do our outmost to safeguard education or live in regret, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

The Hindu hosted a webinar, ​‘How we can bring our scientists back home’, on 31 January 2026. Santonu Goswami was one of the panellists for the webinar moderated by M Kalyanaraman, The Hindu.