Rajeev Sangal Abstract AI has arrived on the world scene with a bang! It needs to be handled carefully so that it can have a positive impact on education. Our education should actively engage with AI not just in its use but also in its creation - for diverse applications suited to India’s needs. In this sense, education system can have a major impact on the development of AI systems in India. AI has three major elements: data, machine learning, and applications. Each of these

M. Murali Abstract We are entering a phase shift in the history of knowledge. For centuries, discovery defined epistemic progress. In the AI era, that primacy is breaking. Computational systems now explore hypothesis spaces at scales beyond human reconstruction. As a result, verification—not discovery—is becoming the dominant mechanism of epistemic trust.This paper advances a clear thesis: the future of knowledge is verification-centric and inherently hybrid, integrating comp

Krishna Gandhi Abstract Starting from the basic premise that nature, of which human beings are also a part, has neither a centre nor a supreme being in control, it is proposed that nature self-organises, self-evolves and self-develops through the coming together of certain basic building blocks to form relatively stable ecosystems from micro to macro levels. It is argued that every ecosystem is imbued with Swaraj or autonomy that preserves itself in the face of external fluct

Civilisational Insight, Grassroots Praxis, and the Recovery of India’s Historical Self Gita Dharampal Abstract This essay examines Dharampal’s interpretation of Mahatma Gandhi as a civilisational figure whose political praxis emerged from, and resonated with, India’s deep cultural consciousness. Moving beyond conventional portrayals of Gandhi as merely a nationalist leader, Dharampal situates him within a long-standing civilisational continuum shaped by ethical restraint, com