higher education reforms

Higher education reform: How universities can restore academic rigour

Higher education reforms have become necessary. Universities must return to their core mission of fostering critical thinking and intellectual rigour. #Education Read more »
urban women in gig work

Urban women and gig work: Why India’s platform economy is not yet a real jobs pathway

The gig economy looks flexible on paper, but for urban women it often reproduces old inequalities through care burdens, unsafe mobility, and weak protection. Read more »
private universities

Private universities: Training alone won’t drive research excellence

While faculty training workshops are a common feature in private universities, true academic transformation requires stronger research ecosystems. #university #education Read more »
passive euthanasia in India

Passive euthanasia moves from doctrine to decision

The Harish Rana ruling has turned passive euthanasia in India from a constitutional principle into a lived legal reality, and exposed the absence of a proper end-of-life law. #euthanasia Read more »
AI democratisation and GDP growth

India faces AI democratisation challenge as economic growth slows

India’s slowing growth has revived a core policy question: can AI democratisation raise productivity across agriculture, manufacturing, and services. Read more »
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Women’s jobs face greater disruption from artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence could reshape the labour market in ways that disproportionately affect women's jobs. Read more »
NCDs lifestyle disease

NCD burden needs better policy, not blame-laden labels

The label “lifestyle disease” may sound harmless, but it narrows a complex NCD crisis into a story of personal failure, lets the government escape scrutiny. Read more »
India’s ageing population

India’s ageing population demands a universal pension plan

India’s ageing population is rising steadily, but pension coverage remains shallow in a labour market where informal work still dominates. Read more »
diarrhoea and India’s child malnutrition crisis

Floods, diarrhoea and India’s child malnutrition crisis

Floods contaminate water, diarrhoea follows, and malnutrition turns deadly, but India’s response still treats these as separate. #malnutrition Read more »
caste census 2027

The caste census debate is really about citizenship

India’s caste census debate reveals a constitutional tension: measuring inequality without hardening caste identity in public life. Read more »