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22Apr’26

Indian universities must prepare for foreign competition at home

Our institutions of higher learning will need to adapt quickly as local campuses of foreign universities start springing up. Last year, about 800,000 Indian students went abroad for higher education, and spent ₹45,000 crore yearly on their tuition fees alone. About 200,000 Indian students chose the US as a destination for their higher education. This was […]

22Apr’26

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India must become a knowledge republic as it charts its way ahead

A prominent NRI from Boston commented recently at a lecture that for the last four decades, he has been hearing that India is at a crossroads A prominent NRI from Boston commented recently at a lecture that for the last four decades, he has been hearing that India is at a crossroads. Till when will […]

22Apr’26

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Focus Should Be On Adaptation And Finance Rather Than Lofty Ambitions

Science was already warning us, and now climate has spoken. One hopes that COP27 is not just another photo opportunity. Since the start of Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC in Berlin, Germany in 1995, COPs have largely become ritualistic barring a few landmark events. Copenhagen 2009 was one, but there was more hype and […]

22Apr’26

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ChatGPT: Can Artificial Intelligence really replace teachers?

Synopsis: While ChatGPT has its limitations, it will learn fast. That is the nature of machine learning (ML) — it gets exponentially better with time as its interactions with humans increase. Many industries are going to be disrupted with this technology. But the first and most obvious one will be education. Last week, dialogue-based artificial-intelligence […]