Hyperpersonalised N=1 learning 6 minutes read — 28 Mar 2025

For decades, formal education has resembled a Procrustean bed—a system that stretches or cuts students to fit a rigid mold, regardless of their needs, talents, or pace. Every child is expected to learn the same material in the same way, at the same time, and at the same speed, in lockstep with their peers. Struggle too long with a concept, and you're left behind. Master it too quickly, and you're...

Pedagogy of the Uncharted — What for, and Where to? 17 minutes read — 19 Jan 2022

Think about the past year, 2021 for a second. 2021 felt like five years packed into one. — Joe Biden becomes the President of United States. — SpaceX launches an All-Civilian Flight. — Tokyo Olympics happens. — Kabul falls to Taliban. — Historic breakthroughs (Alphafold/Quantum Supremacy etc) — Pandemic is not done yet (far from it) — Rise of NFTs, DAOs etc Against this backdrop, I was tempted to...

The soul searching years 12 minutes read — 15 Aug 2019

There are choices we make because we desire them deeply, and there are choices we make because the inertia of the world carries us into them. In the small towns and cities across India, engineering had quietly become not a profession, but a rite of passage. It wasn’t a decision that needed questioning; it was a given, like gravity. By the time I finished 12th grade, I, like so many others,...

Design education amidst social tribulations 5 minutes read — 21 Jul 2019

The Lead By Design program started about 5 months back in Auroville, Pondicherry for a group of 11 students from two different communities, the edayanchavadi and kottakarai village communities. It was in the initial phase difficult to get these communities together, especially the parents to allow their children to learn with each other owing to their varied social backgrounds. There were certain...