The three-day 13th Indian Social Work Conference (ISWC) 2025, hosted at Centurion University’s Bhubaneswar campus, concluded on Nov 9 with a resounding call to preserve the human touch in an increasingly digital world. Organized jointly by Centurion University, the National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI), and the Odisha Professional Social Workers Association (OPSWA), the event brought together …

Across India, the past decade has seen a quiet but unmistakable centralisation of higher education policy — through the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the creation of umbrella regulatory bodies, and expanding ministerial oversight over institutions once defined by their autonomy. The recent controversy at Panjab University (PU) — over the Union Ministry of Education’s now-withdrawn notification restructuring the university’s …

Professor Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman, the pioneering computer scientist, visionary educator, and one of the chief architects of computer science education in India, passed away on November 8, 2025, in Bengaluru. He was 92. Born on September 8, 1933, in Erode, Tamil Nadu, Professor Rajaraman’s life traced the remarkable arc of India’s scientific and technological evolution. From the analog computing laboratories of …

Secondary school education has long been recognized as a springboard for transition to higher education and the professional world. However, in the current context, it is increasingly evident that the K–12 education system, shaped by the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, will play a decisive role in developing India’s future-ready workforce says Sasmita Mohanty To prepare students for their evolving …

Just when it seemed the Left might be dislodged from JNU’s political stronghold, it staged a resounding comeback — sweeping all posts in the November 4 elections to the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU). The 2025–26 polls delivered a decisive victory for the Left Unity alliance, a coalition of student groups including the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and …

SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) on Nov 5 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Schneider Electric for the establishment of a Centre of Excellence in Human Machine Interface (HMI) at SRMIST’s main campus. The collaboration also marked the inauguration of the HMI laboratory, designed to provide hands-on learning and research opportunities for students and faculty across disciplines. …