February 2026

Misadventure at the AI Summit: Galgotias’ Honest Mistake and the Discipline National Platforms Demand

Misadventure at the AI Summit: Galgotias' Honest Mistake and the Discipline National Platforms Demand

Galgotias University’s abrupt exit from the India AI Impact Summit 2026 is more than just a headline.It is a moment of reflection for anyone building in education, innovation, or nation-led ecosystems. Because here’s the uncomfortable truth:Ambition without precision can backfire—especially on national platforms. The Story Behind the Incident Galgotias has not built small. With an […]

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When I Dreamt Schools Had Forgotten to Be Human

Schools Had Forgotten to Be Human

Reverse thinking and reverse calculation — that’s what entrepreneurship has taught me. I often begin from the outcome and walk backwards. Perhaps that’s why dreams feel so familiar to me. They are unfinished thoughts, completing themselves without permission. A few weeks ago, I was facilitating a CBP session on life skills with in-service teachers. The

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Mid-Career Burnout: When the Grind Feels Like Starting Over

Mid Career

“Why do I wake up with this sinking dread, forcing myself to that office every single day? This relocation didn’t just move me—it shattered everything I’d built over more than a decade: my cozy home, my easy routine, my peace. Now it’s back to square one—squeezed on crowded buses, dragging my exhausted body through the

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Silos of Care, Networks of Neglect: Why Our Children Feel So Alone

Silos of Care, Networks of Neglect: Why Our Children Feel So Alone

To the grieving parents of Shourya Patil and sisters Nishika (16), Prachi (14), Pakhi (12): Your love was real, yet it slipped through exhausted fingers. To the teachers at St. Columba’s and the Ghaziabad family: You nurture in silos—lessons planned, homes provided—but in the vital interplay, signals crossed, and our children paid. NCRB data screams

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Gen Z’s IQ Shock: A Story We Can’t Scroll Past

Gen Z’s IQ Shock: A Story We Can’t Scroll Past

For more than a century, humanity had a quiet superpower. Each generation got sharper than the one before it. Better food. Better schools. Better medicine. IQ scores climbed year after year, so reliably that psychologists gave it a name: the Flynn Effect. Then something strange happened. Around the time smartphones slipped into backpacks and bedrooms,

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