University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right
April 22, 2026
hile India’s universities largely operate in silos, each with its own labs and computing centres, the US has built great university ecosystems such as Research Triangle Park and the Boston-Cambridge corridor. In the second model, money saved on duplicated infrastructure can be redirected towards faculty, fellowships, and genuine research. India could now have a chance […]
The National Medical Commission’s recent decision to allow for-profit entities to establish medical colleges under the public-private partnership framework marks a rare moment of realism in Indian education policy. At a time when India faces an acute shortage of doctors, mounting pressure on public health infrastructure, and a growing exodus of students seeking medical education […]
At 4:30 am on March 1, 2026, something unprecedented happened in the history of global commerce. Iranian drones and ballistic missiles struck Amazon Web Services data centres in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sixty cloud services went offline. Banks stopped processing payments. Taxi apps went dark. A sovereign state had formally designated a Silicon Valley […]
