Open Access Chronicles: Unpacking India’s One Nation One Subscription Idea with Dr. Devika Madalli
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
In this chapter of our series —Open Access Chronicles — we explore India's recent efforts to gain widespread...
Taking the Classroom Online: E-Education for India
India’s education landscape is vast ─ close to 260 million students attend more than 1.5 million schools and around 30.5 million college students attend...
Breathing New Life into the IIMs
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) offer Post Graduate Diplomas in Management (PGDM) instead of prized MBA degrees, and are also registered as societies. This,...
How Do We Facilitate Women-Led Entrepreneurship Through Government Initiatives?
Edited by Malavika V N
Presently, out of the whole set of entrepreneurs in India, only 13% comprise of women. Considering that women constitute close...
Making Universities Socially Responsible Through Effective Community Engagement
How socially responsible are Indian universities? How can we look beyond surface-level community engagement to ensure impactful actions by college students?
Caught in the Middle: People Who Steered Maharashtra’s Education Reforms
This article is the first in our two-part series on how Pragat Shaikshanik Maharashtra, an education reform policy, was implemented to improve learning outcomes...
It’s Time to Regulate India’s EdTech Sector
In the last two years, more than 150 million students have entered India’s EdTech sector besides platform users such as teachers and administrators. The role of EdTechs is no longer limited to imparting education through online classes. This calls for a regulatory framework by the government that safeguards the interests of all stakeholders offering and availing the varied educational services.
(Don’t) Get Smart: How Schools and Education Policies Are Failing The Growing Brain
This is the first instalment of a two-part series by Aparna Ramanujam on how incorporating findings from developmental neuroscience into Indian education policies can...
Do Children in Preschool Ever Actually Play “Freely”?
One could say that the “all-work-and-no-play-makes-Jack-a-dull-boy” proverb has been butchered out of context many-a-time. While adults — especially those now overworked from home —...
Budget Cuts for Five of India’s Environment Institutes Puts Research and Education in Jeopardy
How does financial and administrative disengagement impact wildlife and conservation education and research at India's top institutes?