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.

Being aware of our inherent worth helps us recognise that every person, though unique, is valuable, writes Aruna Sankaranarayanan in The Hindu.

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

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.

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 The​Life​of​Science​.com

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The 2020 policy’s proposals are misrepresented so often that one wonders if its critics have actually read it, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

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.

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. 

The excavation team includes Vinayak from Azim Premji University, Akash Srinivasa from Ashoka University, Mihir Thangasali from Mohali, Vaishi Roy, and researcher Ashok Abakari.

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.

Our toilets, much like our kitchens, need to be rescued from the stranglehold of the caste system, writes Anshu Saluja in Deccan Herald.

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.

Aruna Sankaranarayanan, in The Hindu, highlights how the ​‘productive struggle’ strengthens learning.

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. 

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.

Sandra Albert and Mayur Trivedi, in The Shillong Times, suggest an arrangement that addresses deficits while simultaneously improving the quality of services at hospitals. 

Early childhood focus, mother tongue-based learning, and teacher education reform hold the seeds of a more equitable and effective system, writes Anurag Behar in The Statesman.

Statues and memorials are part of our cities’ social ecology. To preserve these spaces is not just to conserve the past but to make room for reflection in the present, writes Arvind Lakshmisha in Deccan Herald.

Urban Indian women spend more time working in paid employment but they spend as much time as their rural counterparts in unpaid care and domestic work in the household, writes Kawin Kumar in IndiaSpend.