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India hasn’t decided what it wants from the IITs

The IITs are often described as undergraduate institutions when that explains a shortfall in research or rankings, and as research institutions when...

16.10.2026 10

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Should IIT Madras do more or become more?

India needs medical technology and indigenous capability. The harder question is whether building a full medical school is the best way for IIT Madras...

01.09.2026 30

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India’s AI Mission is flying blind without technocrats

While the rest of the world has converged on a model—technical judgement inside the institution, as a permanent organisational property—India...

03.04.2026 80

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What South Korea’s KDI gets right that NITI Aayog never did

The comparison between Korea Development Institute and NITI Aayog is not really about two organisations. It is about two theories of how knowledge...

12.03.2026 70

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