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Varied Perceptions of Education in South Asia

The word ‘education’ is often used as a generic term to describe a wide range of activities and their consequences. […]

Innovation Spotlight Series – Spotlight 2: The Vedica Scholars Programme for Women – A reimagined MBA for women

India faces a strange paradox. While a greater number of women are enrolling in higher education each passing year, they […]

Trailing Queerness in Indian Academia

Contrary to popular opinion, the idea of queerness has deeply been integral in the Indian society since its ancient days. […]

Adoption of Natural Language Processing in Education: Implications for students

India, like most South Asian countries, is a multilingual society. Though this allows for a diversity of cultural resources, a […]

In Search of Izzat: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Education in ‘Nil Battey Sannata’

Introduction This Thinkpiece looks at the possibilities and pitfalls of education in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s ‘Nil Battey Sannata’ (2015) (Hereafter called NBS). I look […]

Innovation Spotlight Series – Spotlight 1: Aaina – Challenging status quo in education

The coronavirus pandemic has amplified inequalities in the Indian education system, but there have always been underlying structural concerns in […]