Record patent filings in recent years suggest an expanding research ecosystem. Yet with only a fraction granted and even fewer commercially worked, scale may be outpacing substance.

The government must devise strong educational mechanisms to help students from underprivileged backgrounds to compete.

The focus on Indian knowledge systems in the UGC’s proposed mathematics curriculum is a repetition of school-level content and better suited to disciplines such as astronomy and religious studies.

Deadly protests by youths in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal show how lack of attention to inclusive development can fuel public anger

An incremental and adaptive development of policies based on gradual diffusion of AI is preferable to dramatic interventions of the technology

The ‘publish or perish’ culture has bred unhealthy practices that threaten the very integrity of Indian academia.

With the global sustainability agenda critically behind schedule, a new AI-powered platform offers a novel approach to accelerating progress

Digitalisation of government services is creating inequalities in delivery of schemes to the marginalised

To counter the dangerous trend of misinformation, India needs to deal with low digital literacy, poor implementation of laws, and encourage critical thinking

A caste census could pave the way for fair and targeted policies, equitable resource allocation and meaningful affirmative action