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Anurag Mehra

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The Vanguard of Techno-Capitalism — Digital Tech — is Leading to Precarity and Exclusion

“Digital” is the new panacea to all problems — existent and non-existent. It is the latest “posterboy” of Technological Solutionism — a…

May 14, 2024

The Vanguard of Techno-Capitalism — Digital Tech — is Leading to Precarity and Exclusion

May 14, 2024

Published in
Technology, Culture and Politics

DeMystifying Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI is everywhere and touches our lives in many ways. What makes it so ubiquitous today? How might it affect our lives? Is it dangerous…

Dec 2, 2023

DeMystifying Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Dec 2, 2023

Published in
Technology, Culture and Politics

How Should Countries Like India Regulate AI

Anurag Mehra, Indian Institute of Technology

Sep 18, 2023

Sep 18, 2023

Published in
Indian Education Chronicles

Why are Graduating IIT Students Opting More Frequently for “Non-Core” Jobs

In most engineering branches, students are simply unable to find jobs especially those which are well-paying. The exodus from these…

Sep 14, 2023

Sep 14, 2023

Published in
Indian Education Chronicles

ChatGPT Has Seductive Powers but Will it Affect Our Ability to Think

ChapGPT and other bots of its ilk have severely disrupted academic practices. Evaluations based on writing essays, coding, strategizing ……

Sep 14, 2023

Sep 14, 2023

Published in
Indian Education Chronicles

How “Liberal Arts” — Broad-based, Multidisciplinary — Academic Programmes Can Make IIT Education…

Student experience can be made much more engaging by removing rigidity from existing curricula and facilitating greater choice for courses…

Sep 14, 2023

Sep 14, 2023

Published in
Indian Education Chronicles

Some Simple (Bitter) Truths about Hosting Foreign Campuses in India

The announcement of “rules” that will govern the entry of foreign educational institutions into India, by the UGC, is just a bunch of…

Sep 14, 2023

Sep 14, 2023

Published in
Indian Education Chronicles

Life of Undergraduates at IIT Bombay — Nature of Placements & the Internal Brain Drain

Why do so many students opt for jobs unrelated to their branch of study?This preference for non-core jobs breeds poor sudent interest in…

Sep 14, 2023

Sep 14, 2023

Published in
Indian Education Chronicles

Buzzwords — Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning — are Overused as Panacea to Anything and…

Employment in “core” engineering sectors can happen only if well paying jobs are created by putting resources into infrastructure…

Aug 17, 2022

Aug 17, 2022

Published in
Indian Education Chronicles

Schools are Transforming into Giant Coaching Factories

The Central University Entrance Test (CUET), as the exclusive pathway to university and college admissions, demeans the Board examinations…

Aug 17, 2022

Aug 17, 2022

Anurag Mehra

Anurag Mehra

Faculty (Retired) at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Author at Ndtv.com, TheWire.in, TheIndiaForum.in, Scroll.in, Caravanmagazine.in.

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