Sruthy Susan Ullas, in The Times of India, highlights how ​‘Open Days’ — when students and parents can walk into campuses and understand the system before deciding on admissions there — are how students select colleges now.

Exploring the link between construction activities and air pollution, Hammad Farooqui, in Ideas for India, highlights the need to incorporate NO₂ reduction targets into national policies, which currently mainly focus on particulate matter.

The programme, developed in collaboration with Azim Premji University, is preparing students to become environmental stewards in a state where forests cover 44 percent of the geographical area, writes Shishir Roy Chowdhury, in The Statesman.

 Zico Dasgupta, in The Hindu, discusses India’s exchange rate policy and highlights a few structural constraints in the Indian economy in the recent period.

The story of Bell Labs may hold many lessons for contemporary research labs, as highlighted by Sudheesh Venkatesh, in SustainabilityNext. One of them may even better its record of ten Nobel prizes and five Turing awards!

For LSAs to have a meaningful impact, there must be a shared understanding of their purpose. They should be seen as a measure of the health of the education system, writes Shilpi Banerjee in Hindustan Times.

During this period, except Assam, all other states in the region recorded a loss in forest cover, as highlighted by Pijush Kumar Dutta, in The New Indian Express.

A lot of what’s said is well-intentioned nonsense. We must use simple language, empathise with others, not take ourselves too seriously, and be kind to inoculate ourselves from doing it, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

A litmus test is essential to see if special purpose funds are achieving the purpose that these were meant to achieve, write Himanshu Upadhyaya and Vaishnavi Paliya in Mongabay.

The Hindustan Gazette highlights that the textbooks, designed to make education both engaging and impactful, adhere to the National Education Policy 2020, National Curriculum Framework 2023, and global standards such as the OECD 2030 framework.

As we step into a new year, Sharoon Sunny, in Deccan Herald, elucidates why Bengaluru, with all its contradictions and charms, deserves to be remembered — not just in history books, but in our footsteps, routines, and hearts.

The ivory tower is all too real. It explains a key deficiency in well-intentioned but futile analysis— it is too distant from ground realities — as observed in a recent discussion on rural women’s empowerment by Anurag Behar.

Through its targeted programmes in early childhood education, rural entrepreneurship, and healthcare, the Azim Premji Foundation is addressing the root causes of inequity in India, as highlighted in About the Nation Builders series by The Logical Indian.

பொருளாதார வளர்ச்சியின் அளவின் மீது மட்டுமே கவனம் செலுத்துவதற்குப் பதிலாக, வேறு எதிலெல்லாம் அரசாங்கம் கவனம் செலுத்த வேண்டும் என்பதை  தி ஹிந்து தமிழ் நாளிதழிலில், ஸ்ரீனிவாசன் ராகவன் அவர்கள் விளக்கியுள்ளார்.

As technology continues to evolve, educators need to navigate certain principles and policies to effectively utilise AI to their benefit, write Anupama Raj and Shilpi Banerjee, in Deccan Herald.

The study was conducted by the NGO Conservation Action Trust (CAT) using a combination of archival research, satellite mapping, ground surveys and focus group discussions to analyse the state of Coastal Zone Management Plans (CZMPs).

The deficits and deprivation that children live with affect their educational achievement profoundly, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.

‘माउंटेन्स ऑफ़ लाइफ़’ को देखने के लिए विभिन्न स्कूलों और कॉलेजों से अब तक 2,200 से अधिक विद्यार्थी आ चुके हैं। यह उत्सव विश्वविद्यालय के भोपाल कैम्पस में मनाया जा रहा है और 9 दिसम्बर तक सभी के लिए खुला रहेगा। इसमें प्रवेश के लिए कोई फ़ीस नहीं है।

In his new book Iconic Trees of India (Roli Books), S Natesh makes a case for elevating these trees to national consciousness. Harini Nagendra, in The Hindu, explores the ecological crisis that grips us and the imagination we need to recover, with the book in tow.

Ananthapathmanabhan, in The Hindu, highlights Swati Sircar’s Montessori method of education through self-understanding and fun, which she calls the low-cost, no-cost method of teaching.

Chakradhar Buddha and Rajendran Narayanan explore the surge in the deletion of workers from job cards and whether this has any relation to the government making Aadhaar-based payment systems (ABPS) mandatory in MGNREGA, in The Hindu.

The programme led by the State Institute for Languages and Teachers Training (SILTT), Bhubaneswar in partnership with Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, aims to enhance English communication skills among elementary teachers across the state.

Students can explore and understand concepts much better through experiential learning outside and inside the classroom, writes Ananthapathmanabhan, in The Hindu.

ಪರ್ವತ, ಕಾಡು, ಪ್ರಾಣಿ, ಪಕ್ಷಿಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ನ.26ರವರೆಗೂ ನಡೆಯಲಿರುವ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಅಜೀಂ ಪ್ರೇಮ್ ಜಿ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಯೋಜನೆ ಪರ್ವತಗಳ ವಿಶೇಷತೆ, ಸಂವಾದಾತ್ಮಕ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರ 

by Zee Kannada News

The western part of India will experience a significant increase in precipitation, says Climate Change Projections for India (2021−2040), released by researchers at Azim Premji University.