2,157 participants. Nine live polls. And a twist buried in the data: the panelists themselves voted anonymously, and every one confirmed the very persona-first thesis they argued on stage. Inside AcadNet’s National Employability Forum, where the IACT framework was validated four independent ways in a single morning.
Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 reached orbit on July 18, 2026, making India the third nation with private orbital launch capability. The four-stage, carbon-composite rocket carried four payloads to 450 km LEO after eight years of development. AcadNews examines the engineering, the IACT lens on the achievement, and what’s next.
India’s higher education system assessed 13,892 student suicides in 2023 — and called it someone else’s problem. At Academic Network’s Technology Series webinar on 28 March 2026, Prof. Dr. M M Ananth asked the question institutions have avoided: What is assessment truly for? The IACT Framework — Interpersonal, Adaptability, Cognitive, Technical — reveals that 75% of professional effectiveness is determined by persona traits, yet our entire assessment architecture measures only the remaining 25%. With 1,329 registered participants, this was one of the most searching conversations Indian higher education has had about itself. Read the full report
Anthropic’s CEO says 50% of white-collar entry jobs vanish within 5 years. His survival advice? Focus on human-centred skills — empathy, adaptability, critical thinking.That’s literally what the IACT framework measures. 75% of your professional value isn’t technical. Most people have never had it mapped.Do you know your 75%?
When AI deployments fail in education, it’s rarely the technology—it’s trust. At Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University’s landmark National Research Workshop on Ethical AI, Prof. Dr. M.M. Ananth unveiled the Four Pillars framework for building trustworthy AI ecosystems: Education, Ethics, Collaboration, and Sustainability. Live polling revealed a striking insight: nearly half of Indian academics identify AI literacy—not infrastructure—as the sector’s most urgent development priority.
“We bought the AI. Where’s the value?” At CATALYST AI Genomics Forum 2025, Prof. M M Ananth addressed the elephant in the room—why expensive AI tools sit underutilized in genomics labs worldwide. His diagnosis: four human bottlenecks in education, ethics, collaboration, and sustainability. Live audience polling reinforced his thesis, with 40.7% admitting they lack formal AI governance documentation and 43.75% prioritizing team AI literacy assessment as their immediate next step.
At the Bloomberg New Economy Forum 2025, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw outlined India’s bold technology vision—from 190,000 startups to 2nm chip design capability. With 38,000 GPUs democratizing AI access and UPI offered as open architecture globally, India positions itself as a trusted partner in the digital economy.
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