23 October 2024 (Wednesday), 7pm Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi “Art in the Age of AI – Creativity or Code?” For decades, we’ve wondered if machines could ever truly replace humans. But one question gets to the heart of this more than any other: Can machines be creative? Creativity isn’t just another skill;…
26 September 2024 (Thursday), 7pm Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi “Global Campus Chronicles: India’s Transnational Education Revolution” In this session, our panellists will explore whether it is worthwhile for India to pursue world-class but below the absolute top foreign higher education institutions (FHEIs). With absolute enrollment numbers reaching approximately 43.3 million —a significant…
27 August 2024 (Tuesday), 7pm Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi “The Coaching Conundrum: India’s Tutoring Industry” In India’s sprawling education landscape, the ubiquitous coaching centres represent hope and despair. These institutions have cropped up to plug holes in an education system where school-leaving is increasingly disconnected from college entry and where university degrees…
21 June 2024 (Friday), 7pm Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi “Shifting Goalposts: The Ephemeral Criteria for College Admissions” The school-leaving board examinations have been the goal of academic transactions over 14 years of education. These examinations have reigned supreme, casting their shadow of all-pervasiveness over countless students, as the results are the gateway…
21 May 2024 (Tuesday), 7pm Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi “Rethinking Academia: Higher Education and Research” India is the world’s third-largest producer of research. Yet, we have not fully embraced a research-oriented ethos in public life, public understanding or public policy. Statistics indicate that a third of research papers from India face retractions…
31 October 2023 (Tuesday), 7pm Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi “The Blind Side of Science: The Challenges and Journeys of Women in Academia and Scientific Inquiry” For ages, women have faced systematic exclusion from scientific inquiry, often overlooked as both participants and subjects. Professor Anna Philpott will take us through her remarkable journey…
26 September 2023 (Tuesday), 7pm Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi “Ed-Tech: The Revolution That Is Always Arriving Yet Never Arrives” Ignoring the growing number of ed-tech start-ups that have faltered is nearly impossible. India is ed-tech’s second-largest market globally, and the middle class is drawn in by the allure of a new, technologically-driven…
Natural Partners: Building a Comprehensive UK-India Knowledge PartnershipJo Johnson, Shashank Vira, Janet Ilieva, Jonathan Adams, Jonathan Grant The Policy Institute, King’s College London & Harvard Kennedy School (December 2021) A study led by Jo Johnson and Shashank Vira for the Harvard Kennedy School and the Policy Institute at King’s College London suggests that the UK…
