Vimal Kumar

Professor, Jointly with Department of Economic Sciences and Wadhwani School of Advanced AI and Intelligent Systems, IIT Kanpur

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What connects Shiva’s Tandava with Schumpeter’s idea of creative destruction — and with this year’s Economics Nobel?

Did ancient India grasp the essence of creative destruction long before the West? 👇
https://t.co/janhRLVeRX
(with a little help from AI)

#NobelPrize #Economics #Schumpeter #CreativeDestruction #Shiva #IndianPhilosophy #AI

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@karandi65 @NITIAayog Congratulations, Prof. Karandikar.

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Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Manindra Agrawal (@Director_IITK) on being elected Fellow of the Royal Society. It is among the highest global honors in science. A proud moment for IIT Kanpur and Indian academia, and a well-deserved recognition of his outstanding contributions to theoretical computer science and mathematics.

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A moment of immense pride for IIT Kanpur.

Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Manindra Agrawal, @Director_IITK, on being elected as a Fellow of The @royalsociety (FRS), one of the world’s most prestigious scientific honours.

#IITKanpur #DirectorIITK #FRS #RoyalSociety #Science

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My article in Navbharat Times argues that Mythos-like AI models may change the economics of cybersecurity.

India’s choice is clear: remain a customer of frontier cyber-AI tools, or build the capacity to understand, audit, and develop them.

Digital adoption was phase one. Digital resilience is next.

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RTE’s 25% quota is a necessary step—but admission alone isn’t inclusion.
https://t.co/bu2JYoNIr7

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@karthik_econ @GajaCapital @PenguinIndia Congratulations!

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Degrees once guaranteed jobs. They don’t anymore.
In today’s digital & AI-driven economy, skills matter — but skills without education have limits.
My op-ed in Navbharat Times on why India needs new-age skills and evolving universities.
https://t.co/8hRwLRPKXT

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@svoruganti1466 Congratulations!

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Couldn’t agree more. Though I do think the greater responsibility lies with top academics—once they choose to enter political debates, they inevitably invite all kinds of potshots. And I don’t mean this about any one side; scholars from both ends of the spectrum have often used their stature to comment on matters far outside their expertise. That’s where things start to go wrong. Also, that's when credibility starts to fray.

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When Adam Smith (yes, Adam Smith himself) calls to tell you you’ve won the Nobel…

Joel Mokyr: “I had a whole list of people who might win… I wasn’t on it.”

Who says economics doesn’t have a sense of humor?
https://t.co/yG4J0KXVUp

#JoelMokyr #NobelPrize #Economics #HumorInEconomics

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Happy to share our new piece in Business Standard on how AI is reshaping the economy — and why India’s education system must keep pace.
Co-authored with Bikram.
https://t.co/umtwrRtsEU

#AI #Education #Economy #India #Policy #FutureOfWork #HigherEducation @IITKanpur @iitk_econ

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@IITKanpur Profs. Vivek Kant, J. Ramkumar, Praveena Ji (DD, UP Panchayati Raj ), Kalshetti Ji (DD, YASHADA), Sharad Ji Ex-Chairman, Zila Parishad Pune.
We brought governance, policy & AI into the PRI classroom, while blending design, sustainability & leadership to empower grassroots leaders

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@IITKanpur signed an MoU with the Govt of UP to train 500+ Panchayati Raj officials.

I organized the first workshop (Aug 26–30), which brought together Zila Parishad Adhyakshas, Block Pramukhs, and officials.

#CapacityBuilding #GrassrootsGovernance

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@IITKanpur The workshop had an outstanding team of trainers:
Prof. Alok (ex-CS Tripura; Visiting Professor, IITK), Sushil Ji ex-Secy Mines, GoI), Profs. Satyaki Roy, Deepu Philip, Rajeev Jindal, Vimal Kumar

#LeadershipDevelopment #CapacityBuilding

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@karandi65 @IndiaDST @ANRFIndia @PIB_India @MIB_India @airnewsalerts @mygovindia @PMOIndia @DrJitendraSingh @dpradhanbjp @PrinSciAdvGoI Thank you for this much-needed push. In the AI age, tech, economics, philosophy & governance must move together. Economics is STEM in the US, often with greater weight. Tech is science shaped by society. And society must be understood deeply.

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Delivered a talk on Economics of Big Data & AI @ Paradox, IIT Madras. Great to see a packed room, curious minds, and first-time explorers of economics!

Kudos to @iitmadras BS Data Science team—Prof. Andrew Thangaraj & Ms. Bharathi—for this stellar initiative! 🙌

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📢 Economics is gaining prominence in India's top tech institutes like IITs. Our article in Business Standard delves into this trend. A must-read for JEE aspirants and their families.

Read here: https://t.co/9WhKmhskS0

#Economics #IIT #JEE2025 #HigherEducation @iitk_econ