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AI Bot in the Classroom: Time to Fight off This Attack on Education
At the heart of education is the teacher and her relationship with her students and technology cannot replace that, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.
From internet access to hazard mapping: Karnataka’s Social & Educational Survey questionnaire ready
A team of 11 experts, including Amit Basole and Arjun Jayadev from Azim Premji University, has designed the questionnaire for the survey. It is scheduled to start from 22 Sept 2025.
Education accountability: Dump classroom cameras and trust teachers
Intrusive surveillance will hurt an endeavour that thrives on professional ethics and human bonds, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.
Asphalt and the Art of Sharing
True development does not just build roads, but relationships — between people, land, and the spaces in between. It listens to the land, to the people, to memory, writes Arvind Lakshmisha in Sikkim Express.
Azim Premji University launches fellowship for children’s literature in Kannada
Interested authors should submit a proposal with one writing sample along with other details by 30 Nov 2025.
Invisible in Plain Sight: How Bengaluru erases its homeless citizens
The shelters for the urban homeless in Bengaluru city are poorly maintained and often see low occupancy. This lack of use is cited by the state as evidence for low demand, writes Michelle Abraham in The News Minute.
Why you should acknowledge your self-worth
Being aware of our inherent worth helps us recognise that every person, though unique, is valuable, writes Aruna Sankaranarayanan in The Hindu.
This Executive MBA is for anyone who’s asked: ‘Can I make a living & make a difference?’
Azim Premji University’s Executive MBA (Development Management) equips professionals with the tools to lead in India’s social sector | Krystelle Dsouza, The Better India
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RSS and the Redefined Patriot
The inclusion of RSS in the national narrative reminds us that national narratives are not static. The idea of India, after all, is not a single story but many competing stories, writes Malini Bhattacharjee in Deccan Herald.
Reimagining science needed now more than ever
As we grapple with ethics in the AI age, science education can offer us liberation and emancipation, says educationist Vetti Giri, in a conversation with Nandita Jayaraj, in TheLifeofScience.com
Are green jobs a good career option for young Indians?
Climate change has led to higher demand for green jobs across many industries. Deutsche Welle (DW) meets young Indians who chose to work for a greener future.
Fixing India’s Electoral Rolls
Our electoral database is broken and unless addressed, it risks hollowing out the credibility of the world’s largest democracy, writes Saurabh Raj in The Leaflet.
The D N Ghosh Prize for the Best Papers in EPW
To Link or Not to Link: How Aadhaar Impacts the Delivery of Welfare by Anjor Bhaskar, Arpita Sarkar and Preeti Singh has won Economic & Political Weekly’s Best Paper Award for 2024 in the Young Scholar category.
Time to say no to neoliberal orthodoxy
India’s export-led growth fuels a divide: high-productivity services with few jobs vs stagnant manufacturing and wage gaps. A reboot is needed, writes Srinivas Raghavendra in Frontline.
Need to maintain tree diversity in cities: Study
About 56 percent of the trees in 10 cities belong to similar species, with Bengaluru having the most number of exotic species compared to relatively younger cities like Jaipur, according to an analysis of studies by researchers from Azim Premji University.
Kaizen in class: Small changes could have an enormous impact on school education
Big changes happen through actions by people ready to take responsibility and act in small but consistent ways, writes Anurag Behar in Mint. He quotes the example of a head teacher of a school that has classrooms designated by subject.
Free bus schemes help, but rural India pays more to travel
The share of bus expenditure out of total conveyance expenditure is 20.6 percent in rural India, as highlighted by Cledwyn Fernandes and Mohd Tahoor in The Hindu.
‘Independent Nipah Spillovers are a Better Outcome than an Outbreak’
Kerala’s one-health approach to studying Nipah between outbreaks is paying off, enabling the health systems to identify and monitor infections effectively, writes Shreehari Paliath in IndiaSpend.
From scores to stories: The report card parents and students have long awaited!
With the shift toward competency-based assessment, report cards are being reimagined as rich tools for learning and growth, writes Pooja Arya in Economic Times Education.
India’s National Education Policy has been a victim of ignorance
The 2020 policy’s proposals are misrepresented so often that one wonders if its critics have actually read it, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.
India’s birds face significant decline, highlighting urgent conservation needs
By clearly identifying which bird species are declining, where they are declining, and why, The State of India’s Birds 2023 report directly informs conservation actions and policies in India.
M D Pallavi and Bruce Lee Mani unite as Kayaka for an evening of raw words and rare harmonies
What began with a podcast episode commissioned by the Azim Premji Foundation on the poets of the twelfth-century Vachana movement has blossomed into a full-fledged band called Kayaka.
Centre approves excavation of ancient sites in Tekkalakote, Ballari
The excavation team includes Vinayak from Azim Premji University, Akash Srinivasa from Ashoka University, Mihir Thangasali from Mohali, Vaishi Roy, and researcher Ashok Abakari.
Electoral roll revision in Bihar and Marathi imposition in Maharashtra have a common thread: Migrant workers
This disenfranchisement of poor immigrants comes at a time when the country is yet to recover from the post-pandemic recession fully, writes Anisha George in The Indian Express.
The toilet hunt no one talks about
Our toilets, much like our kitchens, need to be rescued from the stranglehold of the caste system, writes Anshu Saluja in Deccan Herald.
Letting AI think for us will destroy the purpose of education
The process of wrestling with ideas, anticipating challenges and adapting — that’s where most real learning happens. Like pre-made lesson plans, AI can be a tool, but it must never impinge on the core of education, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.
No pain, no gain
Aruna Sankaranarayanan, in The Hindu, highlights how the ‘productive struggle’ strengthens learning.
Systemic inclusion: APD’s life cycle approach transforms disability empowerment in rural Karnataka
The Association of People with Disability (APD) project aims to reach 27,500 PwDs (Persons with Disabilities) and Children with Disabilities (CwDs), with funding from the Azim Premji Foundation and the SBI Foundation.
Infosys, Azim Premji univ roped in to power gig workers’ welfare tech
Karnataka govt has enlisted some of the country’s top tech brains and research institutions to build the IT infrastructure required to roll out its landmark social security scheme for gig workers.
Should new medical colleges focus on undergraduate or specialists training?
Sandra Albert and Mayur Trivedi, in The Shillong Times, suggest an arrangement that addresses deficits while simultaneously improving the quality of services at hospitals.
