Build the Persona First: Inside AcadNet’s National Employability Forum 2026

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.

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Building Trustworthy AI Ecosystems for Indian Higher Education

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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