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Why industry-driven, tailored courses are an alternative to bachelor's degrees

India, April 28 -- What do Bengaluru's Scaler, Gurugram's Master's Union, Bengaluru's Mesa, Kolkata's Nexis and Mumbai's IIDE (Indian Institute of Digital Education) have in common? To begin with, al... Read More


In Deep Slumber| 10 Hours on the Tarmac

India, April 23 -- It was a 9.35 p.m. Air India flight (2412) departing to Bengaluru and as Sam Thomas, former jet line training captain who flew with the airline for 20 years, headed from his meeting... Read More


Education in India: Why NEP has so far failed to move the needle

India, April 15 -- Absorb the following statements fully : 75% of Class 3 students cannot read text that should be readable by a grade below (Grade 2 level). Just below 50% of Class 5 students cannot ... Read More


Civil Aviation: The Third Wave of Privatisation

India, April 9 -- In 2019, in the first wave of privatisation undertaken by the BJP-led NDA government, the Adani Group won the mandate to build, operate and manage six airports across India, includin... Read More


Public transport linkages can revolutionise airports

India, April 4 -- Readers might be interested in an interesting piece that appeared in The Economist (tinyurl.com/yckh2txc) on India's airports and their functionality or the lack of it. But I would ... Read More


Public transport to connect our airports

India, April 3 -- But I would like to emphasise one of the most overlooked aspects, a feature in which they lag behind almost all their global peers - seamless connectivity to and from the facility th... Read More


Air India's flight into training turbulence

India, March 21 -- In the last few weeks, Air India (AI) added a few more black marks to its not so stellar report card. The Tata-owned airline was in the news after a flight bound for Delhi had to re... Read More


Air India's flight into training turbulence

India, March 20 -- In the last few weeks, Air India (AI) added a few more black marks to its not so stellar report card. The Tata-owned airline was in the news after a flight bound for Delhi had to re... Read More


Eyeing the Exits

India, March 6 -- Even as more and more Indians take to the air - passenger numbers crossed 160 million recently - there is one red flag that needs attention from all stakeholders - pilot shortage. T... Read More


UDAN: Soaring ambition grounded by lack of committed, credible regional players

India, Feb. 26 -- The Narendra Modi-led government launched UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) project in October 2016 to democratise air travel. The idea was to inject life into several defunct regional ... Read More