atul krishna

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TISS may still keep its name, but its character is fast eroding.

It’s a pattern: institutions of higher learning, including Jawaharlal Nehru University, are increasingly sacrificing arts and humanities at the altar of what the market is supposed to like.

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At a more macro level, the hasty makeover of TISS is the product of a larger policy issue, to the detriment of students and the country at large — writes @atulkrishna
in today's longform.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/KySMB3uPTn

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Some Indian companies are also in the mix, with some even releasing funding for the incoming universities.

However, the prospect of a Western degree in India may not be compelling enough to attract students eager to study abroad.

@atulkrishna reports: https://t.co/vxXV9C8bNq

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Who benefits from the influx of foreign universities in India? Not students.

A regulatory change in 2023 has sparked a wave of foreign universities eager to establish campuses in India.

They’re flocking from the UK, Australia, and the US, and striking deals with various states.

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And this shows even in the headline-grabbing training programmes run by stalwarts such as Microsoft, IBM, and Tata.

Read @atulkrishna's deep-dive today to get to the root of NSDC’s problems.

https://t.co/XKQu2hWIPc

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Made the mistake of ordering a sofa from @Pepperfry. It has been almost a month since we ordered. First, they sent a bean bag (lol). When we complained, they took it back and sent a table another two weeks later.

Still waiting for that sofa. Please don't be me and choose better

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@Pepperfry The order id is 310488802. Your team has been "assisting" on this for a month now

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Only a minority of these foreign medical graduates—about three in 10 candidates—clear the screening tes twhen they return home.

And even for them, worries are plenty.

@atulkrishna reports: https://t.co/zXDvwLA7Er

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India needs doctors. So, why are foreign-trained ones working unpaid—or not at all?

On average, 25,000 Indian students fly to countries such as Russia, China, and Ukraine to pursue medicine, as the degree there costs half of what it does in most Indian medical colleges.

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Many students in the newer IIMs are finding it difficult to find jobs and are advising incoming students to reconsider.

This is because these IIMs are hiding unplaced students by forcing them to opt out of the placement process.

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Some of the compulsions of the placement process are making students opt out themselves.

Since IIMs have decided to worship at the altar of placements, the least they can do is be transparent about their placement numbers.

@atulkrishna reports: https://t.co/s6K50ZpWpI

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Is the IIM brand enough to justify the insane price mark-up?

@atulkrishna reports: https://t.co/PG03YwKKWJ

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The 30 lakh IIM degree that’s not an MBA 👇

Many of the top IIMs have launched UG courses for the first time. This comes at a time when govt. funds to the IIMs are declining year-on-year.

However, this has led to the creation of one of the most expensive UG degrees in India.

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India made 1,152 colleges use a plagiarism checker. Then ChatGPT unleashed chaos.

Like other plagiarism-detection software, Drillbit grapples with the shift from plagiarism- to AI-detection—especially as LLMs evolve by the week.

Can it get the better of ChatGPT and the likes?

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Chaudhry’s new venture Sparkl has onboarded 55 trained tutors who provide one-on-one coaching to over 250 students.

Essentially, Sparkl’s success lies where international schools fail.

@atulkrishna reports: https://t.co/Qrzd5unsKg

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After finding success in coaching engineering and medical aspirants, Aakash Institute's ex-CEO is targeting students from int'l schools.

These students are caught between schools that want to produce Ivy League-worthy alumni & teachers who aren’t trained well in the curriculum.

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India is doing all it can to ace the world’s top school exam. Except for taking the exam.

The country last participated in PISA in 2009 and came second to last.

It has skipped the exam ever since but has quietly taken steps to align its 69 school boards with PISA.

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@kashviibansal Now, an independent wing of NCERT, called Parakh, is hoping to standardise question papers across school boards.

What makes the PISA the most important exam? Is India prepared to take the next one?

@atulkrishna reports: https://t.co/XpQj0bhlY3

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Scaler taught AI. Now, AI is teaching Scaler a lesson.

With fewer hiring opportunities and AI replacing junior developers, the company is struggling to justify its promise, reports @atulkrishna.