Videos

Azim Premji University regularly organises various events involving faculty members as well as academicians, activists, artists, and other distinguished personalities from a wide array of fields. This section is a reflection of those events.

A Strategic Myth (Episode 1) - Sehar Iqbal

Sehar Iqbal

The series on Kashmir is based on a book authored by Sehar Iqbal. This book dispels common myths about Jammu and Kashmir by proving that it was a developed state with little poverty, high life expectancy and low-income inequality, even before 2019. It uses statistics from a series of government reports in support of its arguments. Academics across the country have praised its findings, especially the depth of research on land reforms in Jammu and Kashmir.

The author is an economist who hails from Anantnag in south Kashmir and works with the Azim Premji Foundation.

The Journalists Experiences: COVID - 19 stories from Rajasthan

We feature the experiences of two senior Journalists (Girish Paliwal from Rajsamand and Narpat Ramawat from Barmer) along with the inspirational experience of Babul from Barmer, an ambulance driver in Barmer who offered dignified cremation to those who lost their lives to Covid, in the second of the many Covid-19 stories from Rajasthan. This is a part of the “Chronicling Covid-19 in India” series.

Why Liberalism is Dying

Raghavan Jagganathan, journalist and writer, on how after centuries of the ascendance of classical liberalism, the ideology has not only peaked but has become a poor parody of its former self

Public Lecture | Ensuring economic growth is sustainable, balanced, and equitable

V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India, on leaping to a ​“developed India” tag by 2047 

A Doctor’s Experience: COVID-19 Stories from Rajasthan

A Doctor's Experience—featuring Dr B L Jat from Nathdwara District hospital, Rajsamand, who used to see 300 COVID-19 patients each day for 6+ months—is the first of the many stories that we bring from Rajasthan. It is a part of the “Chronicling Covid-19 in India” series.

A Book Fair in the Mountain

The Azim Premji Foundation team in Almora, Uttarakhand organised a book fair to build dialogue around the importance of reading, the library, and how it can aid in teaching-learning. What started with a potli (bundle) of books grew into a grand book fair accessed by the community from villages in the district.

Baal Mela at Dhorimanna (Rajasthan)

Here is a glimpse of Baal Mela, a fair jointly organised by the schools, teachers, and members of the community with support from the Foundation, with the objective of improving the teaching-learning process, from Dhorimanna block in Rajasthan.

Chronicling Covid-19 in India – The Healthcare Story of Northeast Karnataka

The Healthcare story of Northeast Karnataka is the second of the photo stories narrating the Healthcare crisis in all the nine districts of NE Karnataka and the herculean effort in response.

Chronicling of COVID-19 in India - through the eyes, ears, and feelings of people on the ground

The story of Kalaburagi is the first of the photo stories from the Kalaburagi district of Karnataka—the humanitarian crisis, the devastation caused, and the herculean response.

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ಇದು 5 ದಿನಗಳ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವವಾಗಿದೆ. ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟೆ, ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ, ಬೀದರ್, ಕಲಬುರಗಿ, ಕೊಪ್ಪಳ, ಮಂಡ್ಯ, ರಾಯಚೂರು,

ವಿಜಯಪುರ ಮತ್ತು ಯಾದಗಿರಿ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ 9 ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳ ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಶಾಲೆಯ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಈ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ.