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"Whether you are ready or not, we are in the midst of a civilisational transition. The last of this magnitude was the Industrial Revolution. This one will take two decades. Intelligence is becoming cheaper, more abundant and more widely deployable at an unprecedented pace. For India, the question is not whether AI will reshape the global economy—it already is. The question is whether we can capture value from this transformation or merely supply inputs into someone else's success. India possesses four advantages few countries can match: talent, regulatory openness, scale and renewable energy. Winners are those who build durable ecosystems as technology becomes broadly usable. India still has that window, but it will not stay open forever."

- Amitabh Kant, The Indian Express, (30/6)

"Major global concerns such as climate change, inequality, poverty, AI and automation, and displacement and migration need to be studied from an interdisciplinary perspective, but academic tribalism continues to protect disciplinary boundaries. There are five major hurdles sabotaging interdisciplinary research: epistemological clashes, the lack of a common vocabulary, inadequate institutional funding, the absence of dedicated journals, and academia's chronic silos syndrome. Academic tribalism is the norm, and egoistic clashes often hinder collaboration even when faculty work together. While everyone admits that interdisciplinarity is the future, institutional hurdles prevent research from translating into action. The ecosystem breeding academic tribalism must be challenged, interdisciplinarity consciously promoted, and faculty undertaking interdisciplinary projects incentivised."

- A Joseph Dorairaj, The Indian Express, (3/7)

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