Noida-based Galgotias University (established in 2011), a private multidisciplinary institution with an enrolment of around 30,000 students, found itself at the centre of a national controversy during the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. The university was widely mocked and trolled after appearing to imply that the Unitree Go2 — a commercially available Chinese-made robotic dog — was …
India is poised to become the most strategically important destination globally for the expansion of international higher education, driven by a once-in-a-generation convergence of policy reform, demographic scale and urban readiness, according to a new joint report by Knight Frank India, Deloitte India and QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Titled India’s 155 Million Student Mandate, the report highlights that India is home to the …
The core responsibility of higher education institutions lies in what may be described as reverse engineering society—the deliberate and systematic effort to dismantle, reconfigure, and correct the inequities they inevitably mirror. This involves actively designing institutional cultures and systems that promote community, fraternity, and shared belonging across lines of class, caste, gender, religion, language, and region. Through common spaces, mixed …
Last year’s Union Budget sent a clear signal that education is central to India’s growth story. With a landmark allocation of ₹1.28 trillion and the launch of initiatives such as the Centre of Excellence in AI for Education with a ₹500 crore outlay, the government positioned technology, innovation, and future-ready skills at the heart of learning reform. All eyes are …
Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, has commenced an inclusive road safety campaign Ride Safe India, to mark National Road Safety Month. This initiative seeks to promote responsible road behavior and aims to transform road safety from a compliance mindset into an everyday social responsibility. Aligned with the MoRTH 4Es of Road Safety, the campaign seeks …
With air pollution during the winter months escalating into a public health emergency across large parts of northern India—most acutely in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi—and with deteriorating air quality now affecting nearly 130 cities nationwide, the crisis is increasingly being recognised as a national challenge rather than a localised one. A broad consensus is emerging on the …
