Assessment, Impact and Transformation: Redefining Excellence in Education

India’s higher education system assessed 13,892 student suicides in 2023 β€” 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 β€” Interpersonal, Adaptability, Cognitive, Technical β€” 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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India Rising: The Unstoppable Trajectory

India quietly became the world’s 3rd AI power (Stanford HAI 2025), the fastest-rising G20 nation in university rankings (54 in QS, 2nd in THE), and the architect of digital infrastructure the world is adopting. Meanwhile, the Sri Sathya Sai Water Project β€” serving 3.19 million people across 1,500 villages β€” sits on the UN SDGs platform as a global model. Critique is welcome. Defeatism dressed as commentary is not. Let us not be belittled by the belittling ones.

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