July 26, 2026

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Assessment, Impact and Transformation: Redefining Excellence in Education

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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

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Building Trustworthy AI Ecosystems for Indian Higher Education

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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.

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Beyond Technology: The Human Bottlenecks in AI Adoption for Genomics

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“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.

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Make Your Line Longer: India’s Tech Vision for Global Leadership

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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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Can education address sustainability issues? Here’s how

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(Republished from Financial Express: https://www.financialexpress.com/jobs-career/education-can-education-address-sustainability-issues-heres-how-2505585/) Education machinery facilitates making individuals realize that sustainability of self is interdependent with sustainability of the…

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