"The Seventeenth Man", By S Giridhar and VJ Raghunath, Times of India, September 2019
The Mahatma may not have played or followed the game but such was his leadership of nation and society, that cricket became a willing ally in his struggle.
Read More"Strengthening the foundation of education", By Anurag Behar, Livemint, November 2017
Coorg is beautiful. It is a 5-hour drive from Bengaluru. A friend bought land there to build a house. A getaway for long weekends, and perhaps their retirement home. A year after he started building, he wanted advise on solar panels.
Read More"Of plagues, people and the everlasting impact of short events", By Anurag Behar, Livemint, March 2020
Busboys and Poets is a lovely Washington DC bookstore-cum-restaurant. The name is a homage to the Black American poet and activist, Langston Hughes, who earned a living as a busboy, a waiter’s assistant.
Read MoreHow about studying sciences in Kannada? by Manjunath S.V., Bfirst.com, November 2017
Azim Premji University has launched an ambitious initiative to make available quality resource material in Hindi and Kannada through its translations initiative
Read More"Introducing the unknown and the unknowns in teachers professional development" By S. Sreekanth, August 2017
If the gap between the idea shared in the teacher engagement and it’s classroom application is high, then the teacher has to do more work.If the gap between the idea shared in the teacher engagement and it’s classroom application is high, then the teacher has to do more work.
Read MoreRural school teachers are trailblazers, ensuring students' scientific temper is not confined to rote-learning by S Giridhar, Firstpost, October 2017
At the upper primary school, Sunali in the hills of Purola, Chandrabhushan's aim is to help his children make connections between textbooks and the world.
Read MoreIn Uttarkashi schools, a poem inspires teachers to reflect on classroom interactions, make learning fun for students by S. Giridhar, Firstpost, October 2017
Uttarkashi receives lashings of rain during the monsoon, villages get cut off, the Bhagirathi river turns turgid and it is a time of dangerous landslides as boulders come crashing down the verdant and rugged Garhwal hills.
Read More"National Education Policy: Get on top of the learning curve",By Azim Premji, The Economic Times, March 2020
A few months ago, I had one of my most moving experiences. There were three young girls who had been rescued from the clutches of human traffickers by a small group of gutsy people.
Read More"Need `Schooling for All’ – But Indian Middle-Class is not convinced" By V Santhakumar, Economics in Action Blog , March 2018
I got an opportunity to interact with a set of undergraduate students when Shashank, a colleague in the university, invited me to take a guest lecture in his course on `school and society’.
Read MoreAdam Smith on the Philosophy and Provision of Education By Alex M. Thomas, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, November 2017
This article examines the views of Adam Smith on the philosophy and provision of education.
Read MoreResearch needs public support to prosper by Anurag Behar, Livemint, October 2017
India cannot progress to its potential of building a good society without high-quality research
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