The notion of an "in-house legal internship" usually brings to mind repetitive contract analysis and silent attendance at corporate meetings in people's minds. Corporate legal internships in 2025 present an active and substantial learning experience compared to traditional expectations. Such internships unite law expertise with business understanding to push interns toward practical applications of corporate law beyond their textbook learning.

The durations of in-house legal internships span 10-12 weeks during summer months from late May to early August. Some of the 2025 internship programs run from June 2nd through August 8th, on the other hand, virtual session onboarding takes place during late May. Law internships today operate under a dual system which blends office-site and home-based work environments. Interns at these positions have to maintain presence in the office three times per week on typical days Tuesday through Thursday and complete remaining work responsibilities remotely. 

Scope Of In-House Legal Internship

The work scope that in-house legal interns undertake comprises more than standard contract review responsibilities. Legal interns contribute to numerous organizational responsibilities which consist of:

1. Legal Document Review & Drafting: Interns prepare operational and transactional legal documents through summarized reviews which lead to drafted documents. The attorney incurs responsibility for creating and evaluating different agreements ranging from Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) through service contracts and vendor agreements.

2. Legal Research: The research tasks supervised by interns focus on intellectual property laws, data privacy regulations, and commercial compliance matters. Multinational companies require their interns to conduct research that spans international law systems affecting their operations in diverse foreign jurisdictions.

3. Compliance Checks: Organizations must diligently maintain compliance with regulatory rules throughout all their operational jurisdictions. The identification of possible risks and corresponding compliance solutions is a task entrusted to interns.

4. Corporate Governance: Corporate governance tasks in which interns participate involve the review and preparation of corporate disclosure materials.

Benefits of Working as In-House Legal Intern 

The main advantage of working as an in-house legal intern includes working with different departments of the company. In-house legal interns work in partnership with teams from different divisions, including sales, technology, human resources and business units. The combined work of different business units helps interns learn how to express complicated legal terms into easy-to-follow recommendations for colleagues who are not legal experts, which is an essential capability in corporate settings.

Several organisations belonging to different business sectors participate in providing in-house legal internships. A wide range of organisational entities, including financial institutions, multinational corporations, accounting firms, consultancy firms, telecommunications companies, retail chains, manufacturing companies, technology corporations and non-profit organisations, participate in internship programs. Different sectors that are available for interns provide them with valuable exposure to law practice in diverse industrial settings. 

Interns Get Many Work Opportunities

Within the legal stream, the intern would be given the chance to work in some or all practice areas.

• Corporate advisory
• Tax law
• Property, real estate, and infrastructure
• Enterprise development
• Employment relations
• Regulatory compliance
• Litigation
• Intellectual property

A structured curriculum comprises many internship programs. Businesses frequently assign each summer intern to receive support from both a manager and a mentor as well as an executive sponsor. Summer interns dedicate themselves to particular assignments which lead to final presentations when their programs conclude. Participating interns get access to development training sessions as well as time to connect with executives and social events to meet colleagues and staff members.

Legal internship programs offer financial compensation which includes paid work opportunities among their other compensation types. For instance, some internships in 2025 offer stipends between 6000rs to 30,000rs in India.

Specific qualifications for internships at these organisations include enrollment in law school along with Juris Doctorate degree pursuit. These particular programs seek candidates who intend to continue their academic journey into the following fall term after their internship experience.

To sum up, in 2025 corporate legal internships within company law departments deliver comprehensive training that exceeds the commonly held notions of contract evaluation and observational duties. The combination between law and business creates valuable exposure which prepares future intern recruits for complex corporate legal responsibilities. Working at in-house corporate legal internships requires individual flexibility and precise execution together with exceptional communication abilities to understand practical business legal applications.

The corporate legal foundation which law school education cannot deliver becomes available through these internships to those lawyers who aim for corporate practice positions. The internships equip interns with legal expertise and business knowledge that prepares them to deliver great value to corporate operations. Thus, in-house internship experiences create a lasting benefit for future law practitioners because of the changing legal environment.

There has been a heightening of tensions between Pune's elite Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) and its parent organization, the Servants of India Society (SIS), with both parties engaged in a public battle over charges of financial misdeeds and governance problems.

In a sharply worded press release on Thursday, GIPE communication officer Parag Waghmare charged SIS president Damodar Sahoo with misusing government money in a personal court fight. The release said Sahoo should also be made an accused in an ongoing FIR regarding fund diversion case in which secretary of the 120-year-old organization Milind Deshmukh has already been arrested.

Sahoo extorted money ( ₹10 lakh) from the Gokhale Institute in 2023. The extortion closely resembles acts of Milind Deshmukh, who is already a suspect in the same case," the statement read.

The case pertains to "serious allegations of land grab and forgery" and commenced as a criminal writ petition that led to an FIR, the press release said.

This is a serious concern over the abuse of public funds of the Gokhale Institute, which is a public grant-recipient body, for personal legal issues emanating from supposed criminal offenses. This is not merely financial abuse but a breach of public faith and the ideals of Gopal Krishna Gokhale," the statement read.

The GIPE, as a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act, functions independently with SIS as its parent organization. The institute has issued a warning that any effort at misusing its resources amounts to a violation of UGC norms and institutional autonomy.

Waghmare claimed that even though the society possesses assets like rented properties, rent from the Amaya Hotel and office rooms on SIS campuses, the Servants of India Society still maintains a picture of financial hardship and takes money out of the institute.

Out of respect for its tradition, we had not spoken against SIS so far. But in the face of continuous media interactions and disinformation spread by the SIS President, we are left with no option but to state facts. We propagate the legacy of Gopal Krishna Gokhale out of no personal interest, and it hurts to witness the institution established by him getting embroiled in controversy," the statement stated.

The Deccan police on April 4 filed an FIR under BNS Sections 34, 406, 409 and 420 against Milind Deshmukh and others. Deshmukh has been arrested and remanded to police custody, which has been extended up to April 11.

GIPE acting vice-chancellor professor Shankar Das stated, "There have been developments day by day in the issue. We've released an official press release. The police inquiry is on, and I won't say anything more at this stage."

In a turn of events, the GIPE statement had quoted SIS president Damodar Sahoo as asserting, "Why didn't you take our permission to file an FIR against us?" GIPE had replied stating, "This may be a rare occurrence in criminal history where the accused anticipates permission to be granted prior to an FIR being filed."

At the same time, the institute also refuted charges leveled by one of the vice-chancellor applicants, Manoj Kar, regarding a lack of transparency in the search process. The statement explained that the search committee operates independently and reports directly to the chancellor and GIPE has no role to play in the selection process.

We request the concerned authorities to conduct a proper and transparent inquiry into SIS's financial transactions, and ensure public institutions are safe from abuse and misrepresentation," the institute added.

Selection process

Professor Manoj Kar, ex-member, Board of Management, GIPE, Pune, who had objected and raised concerns over the selection process of GIPE vice-chancellor, has written to chancellor Sanjeev Sanyal and UGC on Thursday raising doubts over the transparency of the process.

There is no publicly reported data on the number of applications received or identities of shortlisted candidates. The lack of data creates issues about transparency of the shortlisting exercise. Recent sacking of Ajit Ranade as vice-chancellor points to probable issues in the selection process.". The fact-finding committee reported that his appointment fell short of University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines in that he did not possess the ten years of professorial experience that was necessary. Further, there were also concerns regarding conflict of interest at the time of his selection," Kar said.

These events have also created fears that worthy candidates will not be seriously considered by the search-cum-selection committee, Kar said.

"Given these issues of concern, I humbly request suspending the current process of selection and interviews until issues of transparency are addressed. Also to release the shortlisting criteria and names of the shortlisted to avoid pre-empting the decision-making process so as to ensure fairness and transparency," he said.

Byju's Alpha, the US-based lending unit of the edtech company, stated on Thursday that it sued its co-founders Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath, and ex-chief strategy officer and senior executive Anita Kishore in a US court. The lawsuit alleges that they conspired to create a scheme of fraud to transfer $533 million of loan proceeds - known as the "Alpha Funds" - out of the company without providing any consideration in return.

In a statement given to TOI, Raveendran refused the allegations saying they were "completely baseless and untrue". He stated, "This litigation is part of Glas' conspiracy to take over Byju's by all possible devious means. It is nothing but another gear in the wheel of falsehoods that Glas, the unlawful representative of disqualified lenders in the US, has been turning for long now." Glas Trust is the trustee to lenders to whom Byju's owes $1.2 billion.

Raveendran further said that a signed and attested affidavit filed in the Delaware court described the application of the full $1.2 billion loan "to the last dollar," and claimed the affidavit was "conveniently ignored" by Glas. He also charged FCPA violations by individuals connected to the lenders, including "Vishal Chanani of Redwood, Dan Ornstein of HG Vora, and Irena Goldstein of Glas," in relation to an alleged bribery scheme with an Indian court official. Raveendran said Glas is "already under investigation in a criminal case in India."

In the latest court filing seen by TOI, Byju's Alpha accused the three defendants of being part of a "lawless scheme" to siphon Alpha Funds from the debtor company to other group affiliates following the default on a $1.2 billion term loan by the company in 2022. The filing accused Raveendran of acting as the "self-appointed CEO" of Byju's Alpha of transferring the company's limited partnership interest in Camshaft Capital Fund worth more than $540 million to a non-guarantor affiliate, Inspilearn, on March 31, 2023, for nil consideration.

In a government college in Madhya Pradesh's Narmadapuram district, the job of marking university examination answer sheets had apparently changed so many hands that it finally ended up with a peon—initiating a scandal that has rocked the college.

At the center of the scandal is Shaheed Bhagat Singh Government PG College in Pipariya, where a video went viral featuring Pannalal Pathariya, a peon of the college, carefully marking Hindi answer sheets. According to a Times of India report, Pathariya has a master's degree in English and was spotted checking answers, making tick marks, and giving marks. All this is work meant to be done strictly by teaching staff.

The work was to be done by Khushboo Pagare, who is a guest lecturer for Hindi, but she outsourced the task due to "health problems", as revealed by an internal investigation. She allegedly paid Rs 7,000 to college book-lifter Rakesh Kumar Mehar to do the job. Mehar in turn outsourced the work to the peon and paid him Rs 5,000, keeping Rs 2,000 for himself.

The issue was highlighted when students complained and brought the video to the notice of local MLA Thakur Das Nagvanshi. After a formal investigation, Rakesh Kumar Verma, the principal and the evaluation nodal officer professor Ramghulam Patel, were suspended by the higher education department. Pagare, Mehar and Pathariya were dismissed on Wednesday.

In her affidavit, Pagare admitted to outsourcing the assessment, giving illness as the reason. But the consequences have been quick and severe.

Principal Verma, who has already been recommended to be removed thrice in the last three months, claims he is being unfairly targeted. "All this action against me is politically motivated by local representatives who wanted to have me removed as principal," he said to Times of India. "The university directly appointed a nodal officer for evaluation. I had no role in it, nor did I receive any payment from the university.

Verma has approached the high court once again now, seeking a stay for the second time. "Whatever happened in the evaluation may be wrong; it is a matter of investigation, but I have no role in it," he added.

Part of a large strategic initiative aimed at empowering youth and developing national integration, the Indian Army has commenced a mass Pre-Recruitment Training and Agniveer Registration Campaign across Manipur. The campaign is already functional at Koirengei in Imphal West district and in Leimakhong and Kanglatombi in Kangpokpi District.

This program is in preparation for the upcoming Agniveer Recruitment Rally under the Agnipath Scheme. So far, 40 local youth—boys and girls—have successfully completed their training and enrolled for the rally. The registration process via the online portal will remain open until April 10, 2025, giving more eligible aspirants a chance to enroll.

Pre-recruitment training is aimed at extensive preparation, e.g., physical training, written test practice, and technical guidance for online enlistment. Being 17.5 to 21 years of age, the youth are being addressed by well-experienced Army personnel who also deliver motivational addresses to inculcate discipline and confidence.

To ensure accessibility, the Indian Army has set up help desks and mobile registration centers in distant locations so that more youth can enroll without logistical inconvenience. This grassroots outreach demonstrates the Army's dedication to inclusive development and continuity of youth engagement in the region.

Recruits have been overwhelmingly positive, thanking them for the guidance and support they've received. For others, this is more than a career change—it's a chance for a life's transformation into national service and self-improvement.

A recruitment drive, rather more than that, this drive emphasizes the Army's contribution towards national integration and forging stronger community bonds in states like Manipur. By combining skill development with patriotic purpose, the Indian Army is not only preparing future soldiers but also investing in the region's best resource—its youth.

Suitable applicants are encouraged to seize this opportunity and walk boldly towards a life of dignity, service, and independence.

Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, the Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC), has retired. He took over the role in February 2022. During his tenure, he initiated a number of important things, such as the implementation of the Central University Entrance Test (CUET) for both undergraduate and postgraduate admissions. He was also instrumental in putting into practice some of the provisions of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2022. Among other actions, he suggested that the UGC CARE List be disbanded and argued for more flexibility in the educational qualifications needed for faculty hiring.

Up until now, the Ministry of Education has not issued a name for the position that has been kept vacant.

Mamidala not only acted as the UGC Chairman but also the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) from 2016 to 2022.

Following are some of the steps taken by erstwhile UGC Chief

--The University Grants Commission (UGC) has permitted institutions of higher learning to enroll students twice a year. Though previous regulations permitted admissions of students only for July-August, the recent directive by the UGC now means that students can be admitted in January/February as well as in July/August in the next academic session. The recent decision by the UGC now renders it upon the institutions whether they desire to do admissions either in both cycles or in one cycle based on their infrastructure and faculty.

--The University Grants Commission brought out the draft guidelines for the apprenticeship embedded degree programme with a view to facilitate a student enrolled in an undergraduate programme of a Higher Educational Institution to undergo apprenticeship training as an integrated part of the degree programme according to these guidelines.

-- The University Grants Commission (UGC) has initiated application for the Ishan Uday Scholarship for the North Eastern Region (NER).

-- It also eased the hiring contract teachers and opens the vice chancellor post to non-academics.

--During his term, he also promulgated the Minimum Qualifications for Appointment and Promotion of Teachers and Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education) Regulations, 2025. UGC Chairman Prof Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar had previously informed The Indian Express, "The Draft UGC Regulations 2025 aims to ensure the highest standards in universities by introducing a more inclusive and transparent selection process.". The key purpose is to boost the quality of education, boost research innovation, align university administration with world-best practices, and implement the visionary change of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. We embrace healthy criticism and work together towards enhancing our nation's higher education system.

-- The Commission also brought in the draft regulations on promoting equity in the higher educational institutions. The draft proposed the establishment of 'Equity committees' to investigate complaints of discrimination; 'equity squads' to be "vigilant" and prevent such occurrences; and an 'equity helpline' for filing cases. The 2025 draft regulations have maintained the provision of equal opportunity centres, but this time around its working and composition has been delineated.

--UGC has declared a new framework of regulations to simplify the process of recognizing and accrediting equivalence to academic qualifications achieved from foreign institutions. The UGC (Recognition and Grant of Equivalence to Qualifications Obtained from Foreign Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2025, permit the recognition of qualifications earned from foreign institutions' offshore campuses, subject to certain conditions.

--The Draft UGC (Minimum Standards of Instructions in the Award of UG and PG Degrees) Regulations, 2024, envisioned major reforms both in the process of admissions as well as in the organisational structure of academic programmes. He also added provisions for multiple entry and exit points, recognition of prior learning, as well as fast-track and slow-track degree programmes, to make the duration of undergraduate programmes shorter or longer.

-- Suspension of the UGC-CARE list—a lists of quality academic journals launched in 2018. It has now been substituted with a series of indicative parameters for choosing journals, based on eight broad criteria.

-- The UGC, during his term, implemented a new set of regulations that would streamline the process of recognition and granting equivalence to academic qualifications obtained from foreign institutions. The UGC (Recognition and Grant of Equivalence to Qualifications Obtained from Foreign Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2025, now allow for the recognition of qualifications acquired from offshore campuses of foreign universities.

Media is the contemporary teacher that moulds the public opinion. It serves as both an observer showing public sentiment and a significant power source that shapes viewer beliefs, actions, and public reactions. Digital technology evolution, along with social media growth in 2025 has created a media environment which represents an increasingly complex and powerful system. Research exploring the duties as well as obstacles confronting Indian media in steering public thinking utilizes current Indian-specific findings and statistical information.

The Expanding Influence of Media in India

The Indian media system extends across both traditional media platforms like newspapers and television stations with radio services together with digital media including social media networks and mobile apps. Digital media now provides information to more than 900 million internet users in India in 2025 thus dominating how this population accesses news. Public discourse now relies heavily on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp since they allow instant news distribution and unprecedented citizen involvement in the public dialogue.

Every media outlet possesses the capacity to select significant events before presenting them to the public. Media outlets determine which stories to emphasize along with their presentation which reshapes how the public understands important matters. The COVID-19 pandemic brought out how Indian media created public awareness about health mandates while influencing people to accept vaccines and government rules, which proved media's ability to lead public conduct.

Responsibilities of Indian Media

It is rightly said, with great power comes great responsibility. Media is the superhero in the current era that has all the responsibility related to information dissemination. It is also known as the Fourth Estate, and it has an important role to play in democracy as a watchdog over the government and institutions. Since India is a country of such diversity, media will not have the ability to have a voice for literally every community if media institutions do not broadcast the voices of all the communities and promote inclusivity, which will then lead to the weakening of social cohesion. In today’s digital age, the responsibility is even more important since information spreads so quickly across platforms.

The main role of the Indian media is to be accurate and fair in their reporting. Ethical journalism would be fact-checking and not sensationalism, and this enhances public trust and allows citizens to make informed decisions. Another key task is to foster media literacy in the influential era and informatoning in which the dangers of misinformation spread rapidly. Media organizations should stimulate critical thinking in audience and help them distinguish credible sources to get this information right.

Indian media makes the powerful to be accountable too. Wherever you are, investigative journalism has played an important role in exposing abuses of authority, corruption or social injustices to help the people and reinforce democratic values. In addition to this, the media gives a platform to various opinions and constructive debate and helps the public dialogue which enhances the active and informed citizenry.

Challenges in the Current Media Environment

With the important role that it plays, Indian media suffers from severe setbacks that make its role in determining public opinion more challenging: 

• Misinformation and Fake News: The sudden virality of unverified facts on social media is still a cause for serious concern. Although platforms have now implemented AI-fact-checking features, misinformation can spread rapidly and infect public opinion for the worse.
• Bias and Commercial Pressures: Political or corporate biases in media outlets can result in selective reporting or biased reporting. Sensationalism over substance may also be promoted by the quest for greater ratings and advertising dollars.
• “The Content You Like” feature: THe latest algorithms used by different social media platforms play a big rolee in shaping opinions by presenting users with content that reflects their opinion or a particular perspective they were introduced to, which creates echo chambers that minimize exposure to different viewpoints and widen social divides.
• Technological Disruption: Even though AI and data analytics now let the relevant content reach the relevant audience, they raise ethical concerns regarding privacy, manipulation, and algorithmic bias that leads to a particular opinion that might be wrong. 

Balancing Innovation with Ethics in Media

Media in India will surely grow in the coming future by adopting technological progress together with maintaining traditional journalistic ethics. To fight misinformation in the right way, media institutes should train their journalists in digital literacy while collaborating with technology platforms to effectively combat untruthful content.

The public needs empowerment through educational media literacy programs at the same time. People with critical evaluation skills resist manipulation through the media while gaining better capacity to participate in democratic activities. 

Through social media, citizen journalism becomes a hopeful career path and entity for boosting greater engagement in public discussions. This, in response, leads to increased responsibility alongside a valid confirmation system that must exist in order to preserve reliability when relying on this system.

Public opinion in India is experiencing heightened media influence from the last decade and also in 2025, which has become more intricate than in the past. As a fundamental tool of information delivery, media enables both public discourse and democratic oversight for defending healthy democracy. The powerful role of media requires media outlets to deliver real and unbiased truthful reporting while navigating obstacles that include inaccurate information and technological transformation and bias.

Media in India will execute its mission effectively when it meets challenges through integrity while acknowledging innovation and develops media literacy alongside inclusive discussions. Real empowerment of citizens combined with shaped public understanding becomes possible through such measures which create a sustainable democracy. Thus, media students and media education institutes should focus on ethical practices and understand that they are the opinion shapers holding the power to decide the perspective of a nation.

India is advancing toward digital transformation with both great advantages and obstacles in cybersecurity. With digital penetration of 55.3%, over 806 million active internet users and 1.2 billion smartphone users, digital devices have made an ideal environment for cybercrime to thrive. Cybercrime cases, including hacking, data breaches, online fraud, and ransomware attacks, now occur 55% more, as per the last report of CyberPeace Foundation, due to which the urgent necessity for trained cyber forensic experts is seen. This is why cyber forensics has become essential across India and also because forensic science education keeps improving student readiness for digital criminal investigation careers.

The Growing Need for Cyber Forensic Experts

Cyber crime is increasing at a faster rate through digital frauds that focus on ordinary people and small and large-scale businesses, as well as government-made systems. Complex digital attacks have rendered traditional investigation methods unable to deal with crimes that take place in the digital realm. The identification and analysis as well as threat mitigation of digital security risks depend heavily on cyber forensic experts who recover evidence from computing devices along with smartphones and network-based systems.

The increasing digitalization of India is demanding a growing need for forensic experts. The GlobalNewsWire report and some other reports indicate that the country needs more than 90,000 forensic scientists in the next decade to fulfil increasing requirements for forensic science experts. Expertise shortage remains a major issue in this particular field. The cybersecurity industry in India will lack 1.5 million experts, along with cyber forensic specialists predicted for 2025. The critical shortage of expertise signals that India requires dedicated education programs which will prepare students to secure its digital environment.

Advancements in Forensic Science Education

The increasing cybercrime threats in India resulted in national progress toward better forensic science education. The National Cyber Forensic Lab (NCFL) established by the Ministry of Home Affairs represents a major step forward in building better forensic capacities for the nation. A ₹35.51 crores investment at NCFL enables law enforcement agencies to receive advanced tools and training which help them manage complex cybercrime cases with effectiveness.

Several Indian universities, along with training institutes are offering specialized courses in cyber forensics to their students. The cyber forensic course curriculum covers mobile device forensics, network forensics and computer forensics, which teaches students operational techniques for finding digital attackers, restoring encrypted data, and investigating malicious software damage. Cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Mumbai serve as leading locations for forensic science teaching because they attract both IT companies and professional experts.

The use of forensic tools in investigations has major advancements due to the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology. Global firms discussed in this paragraph are using artificial intelligence to empower their forensic solutions through better detection methods alongside evidence processing automation. The cutting-edge tools that students learn through these technologies allow them to maintain their position in front of cybercriminals.

Opportunities for Aspiring Students

Cyber forensics provides an assorted range of career paths which exist across four main sectors including banking (BFSI), healthcare, IT & telecom, and e-commerce. The cyber forensics field features the four main roles of digital forensic analyst, malware investigator, and network security specialist as well as incident response expert. The field pays competitive salaries where new professionals start at ₹5 lakh yearly and skilled professionals achieve salaries exceeding ₹20 lakh yearly.

A career in cyber forensics demands students to develop both technical abilities and analytical reasoning competence for readiness. A solid educational background requires students to study ethical hacking, cryptography, data recovery methods and the digital evidence laws that apply to them.

As digital connections expand their reach throughout all life sectors, from financial and governmental to medical and educational systems, India relies more strongly on cyber forensics as its primary cybersecurity approach. Forensic professionals remain in high demand across India because there exists an intensifying need to secure valuable data from evolving cyber attacks.

India advances its student capability to combat sophisticated digital crimes through educational programs which fuse theoretical education with practical training. The field grants future students access to dual benefits where they can support national security alongside creating successful careers in quickly expanding fields worldwide.

The relentless surge of cybercrime relying on India’s commitment to enhance cyber forensic science will be critical to enforcing justice while holding people accountable in our digital society and empowering students to protect our virtual realm.

Journalism has always been about storytelling, of capturing events, emotions, and facts to inform and engage audiences. Through the years, the story's medium has changed, from print to television and now to digital media. Of these shifts, audio content has become a significant force remaking contemporary journalism. Podcasts, audio pieces, and immersive audio storytelling are changing the way news is used and made, providing a new voice in a world where visual media rule supreme.

The Evolution of Audio Journalism

Audio journalism is nothing new; radio has been part of news dissemination for decades. But the coming of podcasts and digital audio players has given new life to the medium. As opposed to old radio broadcasts subject to schedules, podcasts offer freedom and convenience. People can listen at any time, anywhere—whether on their way to work or lounging at home. This ease of access has also made podcasts hugely popular, boasting more than 505 million monthly listeners globally, as of 2024. The international podcasting market will surpass $100 billion by this decade's end, highlighting the increasing impact that podcasts have on media consumption.

What distinguishes audio journalism is that it has the power to create deep involvement. Without video to divert, listeners become engrossed in stories, forming an emotional bond with the storyteller's voice. This intimacy enables journalists to establish trust and authenticity—two values increasingly desirable in a world where misinformation threatens to obscure the traditional media.

 Audio Content is Transforming Journalism 

One of the greatest strengths of audio content is its ability to tell in-depth stories. Forms of traditional news such as television or print media usually have time or space limitations that restrict how in-depth coverage can be. Podcasts are able to cover subjects at length, providing thoughtful insights and in-depth analysis. Investigative podcasts, for example, have become trendy for delving into difficult subjects such as political corruption or social justice activism.

Audio journalism democratizes the consumption of news. One simply needs a smartphone and earbuds to enjoy good quality journalism without any literacy or visual disadvantages. This inclusivity allows independent producers and voices from different backgrounds to express themselves, diversifying the media with stories that may not have reached the audience otherwise.

Audio storytelling, alone, can evoke feelings with tone, silence, and background noise. It is this capacity to make stories feel human that makes them memorable and effective. Additionally, podcasts cut across geographical borders, allowing journalists to reach international audiences. Platforms such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts host millions of episodes on issues from local news to global affairs. Such international accessibility means that important stories get to reach people across cultures and continents

Challenges in Audio Journalism

Audio journalism brings many advantages, but three main obstacles affect its implementation:

1. Recent advancements in AI technology have created trust problems as authentication tools need to evolve to identify original storytelling from synthetic audio speech.
2. New podcaster entry faces obstacles because Apple Podcasts has 95 million episode content that compete for listener attention.
3. Small media outlets face a lot of problems in monetizing audio content primarily because they do not have either advertising revenue or subscription programs.

However, the integration of AI technology enables journalists to develop unique audio presentations which fight against false information. Interactive podcast features that include audience-wide listener polling and live Q&A sessions would enhance the user experience of audio content. Moreover, audio journalism hybrids which integrate text and video formats with audio content will meet different audience needs better and increase overall target reach. Users will subscribe to premium audio journalism programs because trust in internet content has started to decline.

In conclusion, audio content is impacting contemporary journalism in deep ways—remaking the way that stories are being told, heard, and exchanged around the world. Its potential to offer extensive analysis, build emotional connection, and provide accessibility makes it a crucial asset in the modern media environment. Challenges persist, but innovations such as AI-based personalization and hybrid formats hold the key to a promising future for this medium.

Since listeners are now looking for genuine voices in the sea of conventional media, audio journalism acts as a shining example of credibility and originality, a reflection of the timelessness of telling stories in sound. Whether one is a listener in search of substantial stories or a journalist on the lookout for fresh ways to interact, the growth of audio content presents limitless opportunities to pursue!

The popularity of forensic science education has expanded remarkably among students nationwide in India during recent times. Forensic science careers began to show rising popularity when justice became a highly sought thing and are continuing into 2025 without signs of declining interest among pursuing students. Multiple contributing aspects explain why forensic science has become more appealing to students, such as technological developments and new career possibilities as well as increased recognition of its vital role in criminal justice systems. 

Advancements in Technology

The expansion of forensic science is happening because technology keeps developing at a faster pace. DNA analysis together with digital forensics and ballistics techniques has revolutionised how criminal investigations come to successful outcomes. Research conducted through AI combined with machine learning and data analytics enhances criminal investigation speed and accuracy, which makes this field interesting to students who value technology and science. Students attracted to the intersection between technology and law find satisfaction in facing its demanding yet fulfilling nature because they possess innovative problem-solving abilities.

Diversification of Career Paths

Students pursue forensic science because it presents various career choices. The scope of investigative science extends beyond crime scene investigations as some view it to be. The forensic field includes several specialized areas where DNA Forensics enables the identification of suspects or victims through genetic information while Digital Forensics analyzes digital evidence from texts or email communications and computer files, and toxicology studies drug and poison effects in forensic work. Thus, forensic science encompasses a wide range of career fields that let students pursue their specific interests and capabilities, making the field flexible with various employment openings.

Growing Importance in the Justice System

The rising popularity of forensic science has led Indian educational institutions to build up their academic offerings. Education institutions across India provide forensic science training through undergraduate and postgraduate programs as well as specialized training programs and internships. Students use various educational options to learn laboratory practices while building essential capabilities in managing crime scenes together with legal processes and practical techniques.

Moreover, the wide public interest in forensic science developed because of television shows like “C.S.I.” along with true crime podcasts in the media. These exaggerated showings have successfully informed viewers about the essential nature of forensic science in crime investigations although they exaggerate the concept. These portrayals ignite student imagination and motivate their decision to study the field.

In conclusion, forensic science in 2025 and the coming decade is set to offer students with an interesting blend of scientific inquiry, technological innovation, and social impact. As technology transforms for good and the need for highly qualified professionals continues to rise, building a career in forensic science is surely the viable option for many. Whether it's investigating crimes, decoding digital information, or impacting the justice system, students are discovering that forensic science offers ways to make a difference in the real world with a career full of diversity and challenge. Thus, more and more are opting for varied forensic science career paths in 2025 through AIFSET entrance test to secure a seat in the top colleges in India.

In the last decade, podcasts became a popular and important tool for content creators, which now impacts education, especially media studies. Education institutions worldwide are establishing podcasting as a mandatory course for their media programs both nationally in India and internationally by 2025. The increasing need for audio content drives students studying journalism, mass communication and media studies to utilise podcasting because it builds their technical prowess and their storytelling talents while giving them practical audio journalism exposure.

Why Podcasting Has Gained Traction in Media Education?

Podcasting has become a trendy and key medium for people to tell stories and practice journalism throughout the digital-first society of 2025. The format perfectly suits current listening trends because people now demand opportunities to access content at any time from any location. Media education programs worldwide as well as in Indian institutions integrate podcasting lessons because of these factors:

1. Basic requirements: The entry requirements for podcasting remain simple since students need only basic equipment, including microphones, headphones and audio editing programs. As an open platform, it supports higher accessibility because institutions with minimal resources can give practical learning experiences to their students.

2. Audio Journalism Trend: The audio journalism field is experiencing rapid growth because market research predicts the global podcast industry will reach $47 billion by 2030. Education in media has shifted toward podcasting as an unmatched medium for investigative journalism and storytelling. 

3. Focus on Multidisciplinary Skills: By doing podcasts, one learns a lot of things, from research and script writing to voice modulation, sound editing, and everything that needs to be done post-production. These skills are vital not only for journalism but also for careers in advertising, content marketing, and broadcasting. 

Podcasting as a key tool for journalism and Storytelling

Storytelling is something that roots us all. From ancient times this art has affected mankind by shaping their perspectives and affecting the way they live. Through storytelling media studies have always revolved, yet podcasts give students unique potential to discover fresh methods of creating engaging narratives. Through podcasting students must concentrate exclusively on audio elements because it does not offer visual stimuli to engage listeners. In educational environments, students learn to test out different podcast styles, including:

• Fictional Stories: Employing narrative strategies to produce audio dramas.
• Documentary Podcasts: Investigating real-world narratives and investigative stories.
• Educational Podcasts: Creating content that deconstructs difficult subjects for listeners.

Academic growth happens through script production and sound arrangement practice which hinges on establishing clear communication through audio before audiences lose interest due to inadequate pacing. This skill gains importance since audio content's rising demand makes it more valuable than ever in 2025 and the coming year. 

Hands-On Experience in Audio Journalism

The format of podcasting has become the preferred method for distributing investigative journalism over long periods. The public success of "The Seen and the Unseen," “The Stories Of Mahabharat,” and "In Focus" demonstrates how podcasting presents detailed information which remains accessible to listeners. Academic institutions use podcasts as instructional materials to teach audio journalism approaches at their media schools by training the students about the following things:

• Researching complex issues
• Conducting interviews effectively
• Structuring information for episodic storytelling
• Audio professionals select important segments (sound bites) from interviews and master their editing techniques for emphasis.

Today's Indian media students have executed investigative and feature-style podcasts for their coursework since 2025 because they examine civic problems at both regional and worldwide scales, including climate change.

Gaining Technical Skills Through Podcast

The other reason podcasting has become a favorite in media education is its capacity to transfer technical skills. The students learn about professional equipment and software often used in podcasting, including:

1. Audio recording software (Audacity, Adobe Audition, GarageBand, etc.)
2. Techniques in editing and mixing to create well-finished audio material
3. Microphone skills, voice training, and sound modification
4. Adding music and sound effects without drowning out the story

These technical competencies equip students for diverse careers in media and communications, including audio engineers, production managers, and creative directors.

Podcasting is also a platform for students to venture into specialized subjects and try out innovative formats. In contrast to regular assignments, podcasts allow students to select their own subjects, interview guests, and develop well-thought-out stories that represent their uniqueness. Moreover, listening to and analyzing current podcasts is a standard exercise in media studies classrooms. Through the study of actual examples, students learn about audience interaction, narrative techniques, and ethical issues in content production.

Top academic institutions worldwide started to use podcasting in 2025 as they transformed their media education programs. Since its integration into journalism and mass communication courses at IIMC (Indian Institute of Mass Communication) students now develop audio content about urgent social and political matters. New York University together with Columbia University (US) run podcast production labs which educate students about complete podcast-making processes beginning at the concept phase to final distribution phases. Also, at the Asian College of Journalism (India) students use podcasts as part of multimedia work that frequently supports investigative investigations or storytelling events. Podcasting has emerged as an essential educational tool, which the research cases demonstrate in their adoption across different world regions.

The evolution of the media industry throughout 2025 brought podcasting forward as an essential ability for journalists and content creators who aspire to succeed in their field. Through podcast production training within their programs media education institutions steer ahead of events in the media industry while preparing students for audio-focused professional success.

New media professionals need to master podcasting along with creativity, technical knowledge, and storytelling techniques because these competencies will lead to success in present-day media platforms. Podcasting continues to form the blueprint for the upcoming media and journalistic voices through its compound ability to educate, engage and inspire audiences.

The design world in India is changing dramatically. In 2025, it is a combination of technology, culture and being nice to the planet. If you are keen to become a designer, you need to be informed of these new trends. So what’s happening in design right now?

AI Design

After the advent of AI, it has become a big part of design. All the top design software are integrating ai features to ease the design process. The designers are making use of tools such as Adobe Firefly and DALL·E to create amazing visuals without much effort. AI is a partner which helps designers to do branding, making interfaces user-friendly, etc faster than ever before. In fact, AI is being used by many Indian startups to work, and students should be aware of it too if they seek to pursue design education.

Maximalism and retro nostalgia Design

Maximalism and retro nostalgia are other trends. Bold and colorful designs are back after years of simple, safe choices. Both these designs get inspired from Bollywood and traditional Indian patterns and are being used in advertisements and social media. The style is commonly preferred by fashion and lifestyle brands who choose to stand out with lively visuals.

Green Design

Sustainability is also a big focus across all industries, including design. Designers now think about how to be kind to the environment or promote the green-practice. Materials, colours, and packaging that are eco friendly are used by them. This trend matches with India’s growing concern for the planet, as reflected in the use of Ayurvedic products to sustainable interior designs made of bamboo, for instance. Learning how to make your projects more sustainable is very necessary for an aspiring designer.

Nature-inspired Design

Nature-inspired designs are also becoming popular. In other words, the spaces that are provided need to include natural elements that encourage well-being. What it could be in the first function – living walls, lots of natural light – and in the second function – organic shapes, organic textures. Not only this, this approach also gives beautiful shapes and calms out the environments which are increasingly becoming a demand in urban India.

Experimental Typography Design

Experimental typography stands out as one of today's most captivating design trends. Designers explore kinetic typography through their work by applying broken typography elements that derive their inspiration from Devanagari and Tamil among other regional scripts. Text storytelling allows the addition of unique visual elements which enhance branding projects.

3D Immersive Design

3D immersive designs expand in popularity because of developing AR/VR technology alongside the metaverse. The evolution of visual communication demonstrates how shopping try-ons combined with brand narration through interactive engagement have become a reality due to immersive experiences.

Hand-Made Design

Hand-created graphical components have started to return as an artistic trend. With AI-generated visual content are trending in the market but the hand-drawn illustrations as well as traditional Indian art forms such as Madhubani and Warli are gaining more attention, which is why such designs are being integrated into digital artworks or any other designs to maintain authenticity. The human-made elements within commercials create a powerfully emotional response among Indian viewers since they capture cultural richness through these methods.

Motion Graphics

The use of animated motion graphics together with minute animations now acts as a replacement for traditional static visuals. Digital content through animation is a strategic tool used by Indian brands for various projects such as video explanations, user interface designs, and social media communications to enhance audience engagement.

Indian educational institutions continue to adapt their design curricula in order to address present-day market demands. The education system at NID alongside IIT institutions, now includes courses in UX/UI design, AR/VR technology, and AI automation tools. The education emphasizes sustainability practices combined with cultural relativism so students learn ancient artistic traditions and contemporary design principles. The next generation of designers will find themselves ready to succeed in their career path because of this education within the evolving design industry. 

AIFSET is in 2 days! 18th April is the last day to register for the All India Forensic Science Entrance Test scheduled for 19th April. 

The time until the examination creates natural anxiety for all the test-takers. However, by adopting an appropriate strategy along with a positive mindset ,you can extract maximum benefit from your available time to improve your test performance. To help AIFSET aspirants, here is a set of essential preparation advice for the upcoming exam day.

Test-Prep Tips for AIFSET 2025

1. Revise Strategically

You must dedicate this period to reviewing important concepts since studying new content will not benefit you at this point. AIFSET curriculum consists of various forensic science subjects which include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics. The following method will help you prepare for revision:

• Prioritize Important Topics: Pay extra attention to critical subject areas that will determine the exam weightage. Make sure to thoroughly learn crucial topics in the syllabus particularly DNA profiling, toxicology, and crime scene investigation methods.
• Quick Notes: Short notes and flashcards should include main formulas along with vital definitions together with essential concepts. These study materials prove beneficial during the last period immediately preceding the exam.
• Mock Tests & Sample Papers: Practice test questions will help you learn about the examination structure as well as time limitations. The 100-question multiple-choice format of AIFSET needs 60 minutes completion time so immediate practice under a timer becomes essential.

2. Focus on Exam Strategy

Understand how to tackle the exam since knowledge of content matters equally. Here are some tips:

• Time Management: You should spend your time effectively over the duration of the examination. The first step should be to limit each question to 30 seconds of your time; however, you should review difficult problems later.
• No Negative Marking Advantage: You should answer every question of the AIFSET examination despite the lack of negative scoring points. Following this approach will improve your scoring potential in the examination.
• Read Questions Carefully: Moving too fast when answering questions leads to mistakes because of misinterpreting question statements even though you have mastered the topic.

3. Prepare Your Mindset

Success under pressure demands proper preparation of your mental state. These steps will help you maintain focus along with a calm state:

• Avoid Overloading Your Brain: New information intake should stop during this period since chaos and mental stress develop from information overload. You should reinforce already acquired knowledge instead.
• Relaxation Techniques: Use deep breathing exercises together with meditation practice to relax your anxiety. When your mind remains peaceful it functions more effectively to address difficult problems presented by the examination.
• Positive Visualization: Visualizing success in the exam as you imagine it happening provides an effective method to build confidence and fight off anxiety.

4. Organize Your Exam Essentials

Check all items that will be required for the next day.

• Before the test, verify your login credentials while also testing your laptop, desktop, or mobile functionality since AIFSET 2025 uses an online format.
• Ensure you have a stable internet connection because it will help you avoid connection disruptions while taking the forensic science entrance exam.
• The admit card serves as your essential document which you must carry because it provides entry to examination portal services.
• Have stationery supplies with backup equipment such as a notebook and pen prepared with you for doing any calculations and rough work.

5. Healthy Habits for Exam Day

The condition of your body directly affects your cognitive abilities to a major extent:

• The optimal amount of rest guarantees better performance than blindly pushing through studies at night without sleep. Strive to achieve seven or eight hours of restful sleep during this evening.
• Choose nutritious light food instead of filling your stomach with heavy or greasy choices since these could lead to daytime lethargy. Rephrase the following sentence. Choose light protein-rich meals that include carbohydrates as your dietary options.

AIFSET 2025, being an entrance exam, serves as your essential key to enroll in forensic science studies at Vivekananda Global University, Invertis University in Bareilly, and APG Shimla University. Remember, you have all the ability to succeed in this exam by following a revision plan combined with strategic thinking and maintaining a peaceful state of mind. Day after tomorrow is when all your efforts will decide your career path; have faith in yourself, trust your preparation, and be confident while taking the exam.

In 2025 when the Global Allied Healthcare Entrance Test (GAHET) is introduced as a means for paramedical education in India, a crossroads unfolds. This landmark initiative has imbibed structure in paramedical admissions, and has opened up as well as posed challenges for the students who are aspiring to have a career in paramedical. The time to address these issues is right now since healthcare demands are increasing across the country.

Challenges in Paramedical Education

A grave difficulty, which faces such a paramedical education, is the non uniformity in the course standards and admission processes. In a world before GAHET, students everywhere were having a hard time adapting to different requirements from different institutions. Despite all this, GAHET is trying to solve this issue, but when it comes to adapting to a national level entrance test, GAHET faces its own problems. As many students come from rural areas or economically weaker sections, it becomes difficult for them to get the quality coaching or resource required in order to help them in preparation for competitive exams like GAHET.

Shortage of infrastructure in paramedical colleges is also another burning issue. The demand for allied healthcare professional is on the rise but many institutions lack up to date laboratories, equipment and faculty trained in advanced techniques. The gap in this respect limits practical exposure of students, which is vital for their professional development.

In addition, the circulation of misinformation regarding career prospects in paramedical fields deters the students. There are many people who are unaware of how diverse the opportunities are, such as Medical lab technology to physiotherapy, and then they choose more traditional career paths. It is necessary to bridge this knowledge gap to attract the most brilliant minds into the sector.

Opportunities Brought by GAHET

GAHET has, however, opened new doors for aspiring paramedical professionals even with these challenges. It makes admissions standardised throughout India and ensures transparency and equal opportunity for all students. It removes bias and allows for a merit based system for all students.

Furthermore, the test reflects the rising role of allied healthcare professionals in India’s medical infrastructure. As healthcare services are expanding rapidly with respect to population growth as well as technological developments, paramedics, in particular, now receive much recognition in the healthcare services as indispensable partners in patient care. This presents amazing career opportunities for graduates in hospital settings, in research labs, and in international placement.

In addition, GAHET calls on the institutions to improve their quality by making it compliant to national standards. Today colleges are making efforts to improve facilities and the training of faculty to attract the toppers and thereby improve the level of paramedical education. 

Encouragingly, collaborative efforts will be necessary to fully utilize the opportunities that GAHET offers while coping with its challenges. It is thus important for policymakers to concentrate on enhancing infrastructure in paramedical colleges, especially in peripheral cities. Educating students and guiding them in the preparation process for GAHET should be the focus of awareness campaigns launched to educate students about allied healthcare careers.

Time is critical for students wishing to enter this field. The healthcare space is rapidly evolving for allied healthcare professions and those who seize the opportunities of today will be the leaders of tomorrow’s healthcare revolution in India. Utilise this moment – your efforts will determine your future and will be a very big contribution towards nation’s health workforce.  

The legal sector that used to maintain integrity and justice standards now faces an escalating crisis because of increasing numbers of fake lawyers and legal scams. The Indian Supreme Court recently voiced severe concerns about the existence of approximately 20 to 30 percent of 1.5 million advocates who either lack genuine law degrees or present fake documentation to practice law. 

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has spent ten years conducting verifications that revealed thousands of fake lawyers across numerous states managing this distressing statistic. The investigation of Delhi and Punjab found more than a thousand advocates who used fake educational materials from Bundelkhand University and other institutions. The deceptive lawyer problem has triggered the BCI to remove approximately 100 false attorneys from the Delhi rolls from 2019 to late 2024, as the Supreme Court requires a swift verification schedule for the nation.

During a January 2025 court hearing the Supreme Court voiced its disappointment concerning the slow progress of verification procedures. Justice Sanjiv Khanna along with other members of the Supreme Court ordered BCI to speed up its verification process because this situation cannot continue indefinitely. The High-Powered Committee formed in April 2023 monitors these verifications while delays occur because of implementation issues and administrative problems that spread across state jurisdictions.

Fake Lawyers And Their Pattern

Fake lawyers conduct their duping activities through multiple deceptive practices. Some individuals operate by creating fake educational documents combined with using expired legal credentials, while other scammers build professional websites that generate false impressions of established law practices. The increasing number of identity thefts against genuine lawyers poses a difficulty for clients to differentiate between authentic and fake practitioners. 

Fake lawyers target vulnerable groups such as immigrants along with the elderly people using both fraudulent promises of legal solutions and threats to bring legal consequences, which results in lasting financial and emotional damage. Fake legal practitioners currently impact the public trust in the legal system as well as harm individuals directly which damages the profession's credibility because justice needs are rising significantly. 

Multiple contributing elements are responsible for this crisis. Law colleges have increased rapidly across India, but many lack proper oversight which results in producing numerous unqualified graduates. Online scammers exploit modern digital technology to produce fake profiles that trick many people. The widespread search for economical legal assistance gives fraudsters ample opportunity to deceive awaiting clients who seek affordable help.

In response to this crisis, there are many regulatory measures like BCI’s Certificate and Place of Practice (Verification) Rules are introduced in India. THe objective of these rules is to ensure that only credible and legally qualified and practicing advocates are in the state bar rolls. However, it is not a secret that implementation of these rules require greater accountability and cooperation between state bar councils and the central authorities.

Steps People can Take to Protect Themselves From Fake Lawyers

For people seeking legal experts, vigilance is key. Before working with a legal professional, it is necessary to check their credentials on Bar Council portals and be cautious of unexpected solicitations or unreasonably low-cost offers. The present crisis demands immediate action from members of the legal profession. Aspirants in law need to fulfil their dedication to ethical conduct while also embracing open practices and technological responsibility. This rare opportunity exists for lawyers to restore public trust by advocating law reform together with strict adherence to the highest standards. 

The practice of law presents students with substantial intellectual rewards and economic stability as well as social impact opportunities despite its current difficulties. Today's circumstances emphasize that law students must understand the necessary value of integrity because law professionals maintain a fundamental position in defending justice. The next generation must step forward with honesty and dedication to transform this dark time into a new era of professionalism and maintain public faith. 

The Future of Aspiring Law Students 

Students who wish to build their people in the legal field should consider moving forward diligently in law due to its ability to drive genuine transformations that will restore confidence in India's judicial system. The growing number of fraudulent lawyers creates an opening for reliable, dedicated people who possess a strong commitment to take charge of progress. Selecting law involves more than obtaining a profession because you become an entity that safeguards truth alongside fairness and social justice.  

Your dedication to ethical work as well as your ongoing learning and community service efforts will contribute to restoring honesty throughout India's justice system. The path is difficult yet you possess all the qualities to create meaningful change. Legal career opportunities in India for righteous social protection of millions' rights have reached their highest point right now if you wish to join such important work. Your commitment to ethical standards together with your dedication will establish a brighter legal system that serves society not just today but also for many future generations.

AI has developed into a transformative power that changes entire industries while generating new job opportunities for students visualising a future in AI. An understanding of fundamental concepts in AI and the admission requirements along with career prospects holds great value for Indians who seek to study B.Tech AI. The Global Computer Science Entrance Test (GCSET) functions as the stepping stone to top institutions in India (for the time being) that deliver AI programs. 

What is GCSET? 

The GCSET functions as an assessment examination at the countrywide level which evaluates candidates through tests of their problem-solving abilities along with computer science and technology knowledge and aptitude level. The study for GCSET enables students to boost their admission potential at excellent higher learning institutions and develop essential AI foundation knowledge. GCSET enables students to enroll in several undergraduate courses including B.Tech in AI along with BCA and B.Tech and B.Sc IT among others. Pacific College of Higher Education AND has proven itself as a perfect testing ground for students interested in achieving success in Artificial Intelligence alongside its related disciplines.

1. Tech Through GCSET 2025

B.Tech in AI becomes accessible to students who have completed their 12th with subjects including Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) within their science curriculum. The majority of educational institutions admit students based on merit except for top engineering colleges, which require students to pass GCSET 2025 or JEE Main or JEE Advanced entrance examinations. GCSET cultivates academic innovation through excellent traits which match perfectly the technological requirements of modern times. Students can access AI education at top institutions through GCSET admission, which provides the complete guide for AI education needed to create, implement and design intelligent systems. 

Moreover, the skills of AI and machine learning can be achieved through additional courses as well as specialized certifications alongside B.Tech in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Students can use Coursera and Udemy along with edX to acquire additional courses that build upon their teaching and B.Tech knowledge base. Through these resources, aspiring students become industry-ready because they acquire theoretical knowledge along with practical application skills.

A study path toward the B.Tech in AI through GCSET 2025 provides students with the opportunity to lead technological advancements. The educational route made possible by GCSET enables students to pursue admission at top institutions for professional development. The expanding digital economy of India will create more career opportunities for AI professionals thus making this future-focused field highly desirable for people seeking to influence technological advancements. Through a combination of theoretical education and practical training students can use GCSET opportunities to become leaders within the AI revolution that will create worldwide industrial and life changes.

The purpose of GCSET stands as an essential door that leads the students to gain entry into top educational institutions that will help them build a rewarding career in AI field. The continuing evolution of technology will make GCSET's role in providing quality learning opportunities more vital because it enables students to become pioneers of innovation and determine India's AI direction.

Quantum computing is the hottest topic surfacing across the web in 2025. Students, professionals, and businesses are all seeking this technology. The technological evolution of the 21st century has indeed brought quantum computing as an innovative, powerful computing technology that can revolutionize business operations and reshape economic systems around the world. The country positioned itself through historical achievements in quantum mechanics together with modern strategic efforts to become a primary force in quantum technology leadership. Quantum initiatives in India move forward through public missions combined with international tech corporations which establishes a hopeful and large-scale quantum future for India. We will analyze the enhancing developments and motivational programs alongside future possibilities of quantum computing within India.

India’s Quantum Legacy: A Foundation for Innovation

Quantum technology has deep roots in Indian scientific history through institutions including the S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences and breakthroughs like Grover’s Algorithm developed by scientific researcher Lov Kumar Grover. India began its National Quantum Mission (NQM) in April 2023 after making a budgetary commitment of ₹6,000 crore ($730 million). India has launched the National Quantum Mission to build quantum computers with 50-1,000 physical qubits scheduled for completion by 2031. Three essential objectives under the NQM include Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) to secure data transmission across 2,000 km and Satellite-Based Quantum Communication to build worldwide secure networks as well as Quantum Sensors and Metrology to refine navigation and timing systems.

The advancement of quantum excellence in India is surely continuing with the strategic collaborations established between India and both European and American leadership. Joint research and development efforts are being made possible by the initiatives between US-India Initiative for Critical Emerging Technologies (iCET) and the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC). The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology joined forces with AWS to create the Quantum Computing Applications Lab which provides researchers access to leading-edge platforms for research. The partnership with Finnish companies allowed India to obtain essential ultra-low temperature refrigerators required for quantum research operations. Partnerships between India and other countries enhance national technological strength while securing its position as a leading competitor worldwide. 

Collaborations with Global Tech Giants

Quantum excellence of India is gaining the upper hand because of strategic alliances with international leaders such as the US and Europe. There are many efforts done by our country like the US-India Initiative for Critical Emerging Technologies (iCET) and the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC) have opened the doors to collaborative research and development initiatives. 

Additionally, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology collaborated with AWS to set up the Quantum Computing Applications Lab which gave researchers access to modern platforms. There are many collabs of firms that have helped in procuring sophisticated equipment such as ultra-low temperature refrigerators needed for quantum experiments. Furthermore, not only do such collaborations boost India's technological capabilities, but also give it a competitive advantage on the international stage.

Private Sector is Building Quantum Technology Ecosystem

The private sector of India actively leads the innovation efforts in quantum technology development. The companies TCS, Infosys, QNu Labs alongside Bloq Quantum dedicate funding to quantum technological adoption for industrial purposes. Startups operate as key contributors by building their own domestic solutions which enhance secure communication and cryptography systems. I-Hub Quantum Technology Foundation at IISER Pune operates as an incubator which supports both local entrepreneurship growth and innovation development. These collaborative efforts establish a vital research-commercial environment which supports quantum computing development.

Using quantum computing goes beyond speed enhancement because it helps businesses to solve problems which standard computers cannot handle. The ability of quantum computers to degrade established encryption standards lets them implement quantum cryptography which offers indestructible protection to sensitive information. The protection of important government communications together with financial transactions, depends on this technology for security reasons. 

Additionally, quantum computing helps optimise the supply chain management by implementing advanced algorithms which reduce costs while improving efficiency, thus offering strong benefits for India's developing e-commerce sector. The modeling of molecular interactions through quantum simulations enables healthcare drug discovery by speeding up the entire process. The implementation of these algorithms would really change the future of individualized medical care approaches in India. Risk analysis together with portfolio optimization and fraud detection become easier because banks adopt quantum algorithms for enhancing their decision-making capabilities.

Challenges of Quantum Computing in India

This remarkable development of quantum computing achieved in India still faces difficulties which need resolution. The implementation of quantum computing requires educational institutions and organizations to establish training programs which develop skilled workers for quantum technologies. Constructing scalable quantum systems needs substantial financial support for hardware development work. To lead the global competition against countries like China India needs continuous financial support and technological advancement. The strong dedication from India to foster an active quantum ecosystem guarantees transformative benefits for all industries. Students and professionals who pursue this field gain exclusive options to work on innovative research which shapes the path of technological progress.

As we look into the next 5 years, India’s journey into the quantum computing domain for 2030 surpasses the “simple transformation” phrase because it represents an orchestrated advancement to modify what is possible in scientific and technical domains. The National Quantum Mission implements initiatives to establish India as a worldwide forefront of quantum innovation. India is all set for technological strength and is executing a strategic plan to protect its national security along with economic development and scientific authority for its future by opening job opportunities in this diverse and intriguing field of quantum computing. Thus, people and students who have an interest in this can, without any fear, move ahead with this field as their career path. 

Pursuing a BBA degree in India is easier than deciding whether to pursue it. The selection of an appropriate post-school career becomes really challenging particularly because India presents strong competition and different available options. Students seeking to establish themselves in human resource management and organizational people management now find the Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management (HRM) to be an attractive academic option among many others. The BBA in Human Resource Management training can be combined with the Global Management Common Aptitude Test (GMCAT) which delivers students an educational combination of rigorous study and worldwide exposure.

A three-year undergraduate BBA in HRM program provides students with essential abilities needed to successfully handle workforce management requirements. The successful completion of this program provides students with knowledge about all significant human resource aspects including employee recruitment and training and payroll management together with employee relationships and strategic planning. Students receive business management education about finance along with marketing and organizational behavior which enables them to pursue leadership positions in HR. The approach combines multiple aspects of training to create graduates who become versatile professionals able to tackle various responsibilities at work.

Human Resource Management fields have expanded rapidly because organizations recognize employees as their essential assets for driving business success. Today's organizations regard their employees as their most essential business asset. The increasing need for organizational success and employee satisfaction makes HR professionals instrumental in developing policies which drive organizational performance. HR career possibilities grow stronger because of new trends which include artificial intelligence enhanced HR operations and virtual reality training platforms along with data-based managerial decisions. The exciting nature of HRM as a field draws students because it enables them to progress in technological advances while making noticeable impacts on organizational expansion.

Students who want to study management at any global institution must take the Global Management Common Aptitude Test (GMCAT) which functions as their standardized entrance examination. GMCAT enables students to choose their exam dates from different points within the year due to its flexible scheduling system so everyone can find a suitable time. GMCAT establishes degree recognition through international management programs which increases the value of your education because it gains acceptance worldwide. Candidates need to demonstrate quantitative ability as well as verbal reasoning skills together with integrated reasoning ability and analytical writing proficiency during the test which serves as the assessment for management positions. The extensive evaluation process enables students to handle upcoming workplace challenges in their future careers.

a BBA in human resource management provides several rewards for its students. New graduates gain opportunities to work as HR managers, talent acquisition specialist, payroll coordinator, IT recruiter, and administrative executive in different industries such as IT and healthcare and government organisations. The premier recruiting institutions for this field are tcs, wipro, infosys, accenture and deloitte. Entry-level salaries for bachelor of business administration in Human Resource Management graduates span between ₹3–5 LPA. graduates can expect substantially heightened compensation, reaching ₹30–45 LPA when they earn senior positions following experience and acquire qualifications such as an MBA or PGDM in HRM. Students acquire essential leadership capabilities through this program which includes strategic planning abilities together with performance management experience, conflict resolution mastery, and employee engagement practices.

Students who complete their BBA in HRM can pursue MBA studies with HRM specialization or switch to international business, finance analytics, or entrepreneurship fields. The educational programs provide students with executive training to boost their professional development potential toward senior-level positions. Graduates gain competence in dealing with contemporary workplace issues through their exposure to automated HR processes that include recruitment and training management systems (HRMS) components. Professional HR managers maintain their marketability because their versatility keeps them current in an environment of continuous job market transformation.

Students in India should opt for human resource management studies owing to the nation's fast-growing employment market conditions. A substantial increase in employer demand exists for HR professionals who handle diverse employee populations. Healthcare institutions have transformed into the leading recruiters of HR professionals due to their sector-wide expansion. The implementation of Industry 4.0 technology introduced remote work systems which demand new HR models anchored in virtual employee introductions and adaptable working conditions. Business organizations throughout India rely heavily on qualified HR managers to navigate their complex regulatory requirements. Students who enroll in BBA in HRM through GMCAT-approved universities enhancing global experience and contemporary education about market trends can boost their employment potential in both domestic and foreign markets.

Students who desire GMCAT certifications must build their analytical abilities together with their training in quantitative reasoning and verbal comprehension. To succeed in BBA studies students need to prioritize their weak subjects using a planned study outline in combination with year-to-year past question work and simulated testing along with global management industry knowledge updates. Passing the GMCAT entrance exam leads to admission in top-notch colleges while developing essential capabilities which lead to superior management performance.

To sum up, BBA in Human Resource Management program through GMCAT 2025 gives Indian students outstanding prospects to develop rewarding careers within the highly dynamic management sector. Your long-term professional development gets a solid backing from the blend of promising financial rewards along with varied workplace options available in numerous industries and modern workspace adaptability capabilities. The knowledge and skills provided by HR Management programs help both recruitment teams of multinational corporations and startup employee engagement advocates succeed professionally. Rewarding employment opportunities across India are waiting for aspiring students like you to clear GMCAT, pursue BBA in the top universities, and be worthy of the opportunities.

As a society, we often prioritise academic achievement over the emotional well-being of our children. The stress of shifting schools and cities can have a profound impact on young minds, leading to feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and isolation.

Reminiscing 2020’s global house-arrest and with campuses being closed and online learning being pursued, edtech push by COVID is now stronger than the fintech push by demonetization. The teacher-student model has ceased to exist for ever now, and we are moving to a qualitatively different mentor-learner model not just in the current digital learning phase, but also in the post pandemic times ahead. Beyond this complete campus lockdown phase, during which time mentoring-learning-assessing has gone online globally, we shall be moving towards blended phygital education ahead, which will be the new normal ahead, and will make the new model of mentor-learner firmly entrenched.

Learning or academics or education broadly has three functions: creation of learning content through research, writing, packaging with visuals; dissemination of learning through classes, lectures, notes, self-study, discussions; & assessment and evaluation of the education of the learner by various methods. All these three have been majorly impacted by the self-isolation imposed to ensure social distancing so that the learners and the mentors may first be protected from the spread of the infection of COVID19. The lockdown across the world is simultaneously a boon and a bane for the teaching-learning community today.

Teacher to Mentor:

The teacher was a sage on the stage, introducing every new topic, speaking the last word on it, sticking to a structured syllabus as prescribed, interpreting it as s/he deems right, finishing the syllabus and focusing on examination and evaluation to complete the cycle of delivery of education. He often demands respect, and relies on the power to punish to set things right (not always, though). Teacher teaches and often sermonizes.

Each premise noted above is changing now.

Mentor today is a co-learner, may be the first stimulus for a topic but never the last word, starts from a structured syllabus but is expected to move towards organic learning depending upon the variegated interest areas of groups of learners, aggregates learning resources from multiple sources and shares with the learners, is more a guide, second parent and agony shelter of sorts for the learners. Examination also is diverse and evaluation is just one more function and not the ultimate yardstick of learning and brilliance of the learner. Mentor may often be less informed about an issue, but with a better perspective to guide. Mentor engages and inspires.

Learning Resources Aggregation & Delivery:

To begin with being the new age mentor, a massive train the trainer and capacity building is needed today. For this, first the mentor has to be a digital personality with smartphone and net connection, and with laptop and wifi connection. Next, one has to learn how to create, deliver and engage in content across multiple online platforms, and how to take matter learnt online to matter practiced offline face to face. Third, one has to now learn assessment with open book through analysis and application, through quiz, through applied projects, through phygital presentation and actual work in labs and studios after using virtual labs and studios.

Creating the learning resources was quite easy earlier. There were the books, often called text and reference books, then the power-point presentation of the teacher, and then chalk and talk. And the topic was first introduced in a class, post which notes were given, books were mentioned, and later examination was conducted to check memory and a bit of understanding.

The game is changed now. And totally so.

The concept of proprietary content (the mentor’s own videos, audio or podcast content, power-points, cases, info-graphics etc), aggregated content (books, monographs, videos, podcasts, URLs, pdfs, cases, etc taken from the internet, YouTube and Vimeo, etc), and also massive open/closed online learning resources (free ones like Swayam or NAPTEL, paid ones like those of Coursera or LinkedIn, and the university’s own online courses): these three are the learning resources today.

The mentor is expected to make a mix of proprietary, aggregated and online learning resources, suitably arranging them from the easies one to the toughest one and offer to the learners digitally (using Google Class, emails, or better, Learning Management Systems like Canvas or TCSion, Blackboard or Collaborate, etc,) at least a week or more before they meet digitally or physically to discuss the content. This is called Flipped Classroom where the learners get learning content much in advance, read, watch or listen to the same asynchronously at their own time, place or pace, note down things they have not understood or have questions on, and come to the digital/physical classroom synchronously, to clarify doubts, discuss cases, debate on conclusions drawn and participate in quiz or analytical or applied assignments. Delivery of the online session can be on any platform: MS Teams, Zoom, Webex, Google Meet and can move from the synchronous digital classroom to asynchronous digital chatroom debates and discussions for further clarification.

This makes the task for Content Creation and Content Delivery for the mentors much more diverse, tech-savvy, and tougher than the traditional teacher’s job.

Learners’ Engagement & Evaluation:

Further, education will now move from a system imposed disciplined endeavour to voluntarily participated and internalized process. It will be truly a learner-centric education now in the new normal, and shall be far more participative than the past. The learner in the digital or blended mode is learning voluntarily and not on the basis of an imposed discipline on campus through a web of rules and power dynamics. While voluntary learning will throw many non-interested or apathetic learners out of the learning circle, it will also make many focused learners internalize education better and apply it in a more focused manner at his or her individual level.

Also, with Artificial Intelligence, robotics, automation, Machine Learning and internet of things being the other emerging realities, the skills for mass production or education to do the same work repeatedly will be totally irrelevant ahead when machines will take over almost all such work (more than three fourths of all human work today). Hence, new age skills, apart from technology use, have to be in areas like creativity, innovation, incubation, problem-solving, teamwork, leadership, critical thinking, design thinking, empathy, emotional intelligence and risk management. Each of these can be qualitatively and quantitatively mentored to any youth from an early age of say 15 years till 25 years of age, and will become his or her second nature.

To deliver such a learning, the learners’ engagement techniques have to be more tech-savvy (google forms, polls, surveys, quiz, virtual lab and studio, AI tools, etc) and also with higher emotional quotient (use of humour, videos, info-graphics, empathy in the class, allowing diversity of opinion, wellness conscious, etc).

Even the evaluation or assessment has to be diverse. Assessment refers to learner performance; it helps us decide if students are learning and where improvement in that learning is needed. Evaluation refers to a systematic process of determining the merit value or worth of the instruction or programme; it helps us determine if a course is effective (course goals) and informs our design efforts. Assessment and evaluation can be both formative (carried out during the course) and summative (carried out following the course). There can be many ways for the same. Mentors can make learners aware of expectations in advance (e.g. one week for feedback from deadline) and keep them posted (announcement: all projects have been marked). For example, one can create tests that are multiple choice, true/false, or short answer essays and one can set the assessments to automatically provide feedback.

When online, evaluation can be on the basis of proctored digital examination or open-book analytical and applied evaluation with non-google-able questions. And this is surely not an easy task for the mentors as teachers of the past were used to repeat past questions, had set patterns of questions, examinations were ‘suggestions’ and memory based, and not application based in general. Online quiz, open book examination with time-managed and proctored question paper delivered online, applied questions not based on memory but comprehension, telephonic interview etc have been the usual ways of digital assessment and evaluation of learning.

There will be offline evaluation also. Here, the assessment can be based on offline written examinations, field-survey based presentation or report writing, debates, lab/studio-based practical, or a peer-group work, or a submission of a long-term real life or live project.

Digital Learning Tools Today:

The pandemic requires universities to rapidly offer online learning to their students. Fortunately, technology and content are available to help universities transition online quickly and with high quality, especially on the digital plank, though at a cost and with the risk of several teachers and administrators being forced to go out of the system.

Digital learning on the go or from distance calls for tech-led holistic solutions. It requires several content pieces to be transmitted digitally. These content pieces can be in the form of pdfs, ppts, URLs, YouTube links, podcast links, case-studies, etc. There can also be e-books, audio-books, kindle based content, magzter sourced magazines, etc. Then this can involve learning without being face to face through boxes, as in Google Class, or learning face to face as in Zoom live audio-visual discussions. People may also use GoToMeetings or MicrosoftMeet sessions also. Attendance can be taken on Google Spreadsheet and through WhatsApp Group chat of a batch of students too.

Then there are MOOCs, collaborative distance learning, wikis, blogs etc. Individual resource-rich institutes develop their customized secured and IPR protected Learning Management Systems, through the use of BlackBoard or TCSion LMS. Other LMS options like Kaltura or Impartus allowing video recording of talks also ar in use in many places. There are CourseEra courses, Swayam online lessons from UGC and similar other avenues to learn online.

Learning digitally can be further assisted with Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) which can take the viewer to an enhanced experience even integrating scenarios which are yet to happen creatively bringing them within the learning experience. These are immersive and contextual experiences, and artificial intelligence driven chatbots can further enhance the digital interface of the learner and the mentor.

Digital Learning Value-adds:

Incorporating big data analytics and content management, educators can develop an individualized curriculum that enhances how each student learns (e.g. playlist of learning content in WiseWire changing for each student). Many in the West have started the use of the millennials' language and style: Khan Academy video lessons, YouTube use, distinct style and language for young learners. Twitter, Tumblr, Snapchat, Imessage, Instagram, Facebook & Whatsapp are being creatively integrated with school education. There is a case of a management school in India, where the professor sends a 3 minutes interesting video on the subject he is taking up next through group whatsapp to increase interest in the batch towards the topic being taught.

In the US, the smart-phone applications like Socrative and Plickers are helping teachers interact and assess students’ progress, collaborate via cloud-based applications to work and solve a common goal. Teachers can publish real-time quizzes and polls for students via mobile devices to keep them engaged.

Further, using anything from iMovie to WeVideo, learners can create video as a learning resource. YouTube (with privacy settings) and SeeSaw or Flipgrid are also alternatives learners can make use of. The benefits of SeeSaw and Flipgrid are that students can add voice recordings or text sharing feedback with peers. Students became the co-creators of content and as a result, more engaged, including their parents. Useful apps like Book Creator, Explain Everything and EduCreations can be utilised towards this end. 

There are various software used to create digital content, like Camtasia, Raptivity, Captivate, Articulate Online, etc.

Yes alongside, social media use extensively will support learning online. Facebook Page can broadcast updates and alerts. Facebook Group or Google Hangout with advanced features in G-suite can stream live lectures and host discussions. Twitter can act as a class message board. The 256 characters help to keep messages succinct. Instagram can be used for photo essays. One can create a class blog for discussions. There are many different platforms available, such as WordPress, SquareSpace, Wix, Blogger for that. And, one can create a class-specific Pinterest board as well.

Students to Learners:

With mentors replacing teachers, the students cannot be the pre COVID typical students any more going ahead.

Students study in classroom, are taught by teachers, limited to given syllabus, and study for marks, grades, degrees. Students give exams in written and on the basis of suggestions or set patters of evaluation.

Learners study within and beyond the classroom, from mentors, peers, personal experience, books, digitally aggregated content, through projects and through assignments. Learners learn for lifetime application, and hence learn to learn further as things learnt today are obsolete soon. Self-learning or learning to learn is hence a major cultivated skill for the present day learners, especially in higher education, as techniques and technologies are changing in the work-place in less than five years now. Learners also learn organically. While structured syllabus must be completed for foundation and examination, organic learning is about self-driven learning in few chosen areas out of interest, assisted by the mentors.

Yes, for this, doubling public education expenditure, digital access to the hinterland, considering digital connectivity as a human right, digital literacy as a fundamental pre-requisite in any work, providing cell phones and laptops or tabs en masse, announcing cheaper data packages for students, CSR in the field of domain of digital connectivity by corporate houses, etc and more would be needed soonest to bridge the yawning digital divide in the otherwise class divided society. It must be noted that even UNESCO has noted that only 48% of Indian learners’ community of 283 million is receiving some sort of online education today, the rest 52% going bereft of any form of formal learning whatsoever for more than a year now! And among these 48%, the girl-students are having a worse fate in the poorer families due to limited digital devices to which the sons have a higher access than the daughters.

Conclusion:

India has been speaking of digital education for long but it has stayed on as a possibility and not a reality for more than a decade now. Even IITs and IIMs have used digital platforms on the side for sharing of content and debating on issues sporadically. The larger mass of 1300 plus universities and some 44,000 colleges have actually not digitized their content, not made access to online learning mainstay of their teaching-learning process, except the distance learning universities. In fact, the old school educationists looked at online and distance education with some disdain all across South Asia. They are in for a major shock now. The digital divide needs fast bridging through the promise of 6% of the GDP for public education, through 2% of profits for CSR given here, and through civil society initiatives like getting smart-phones, laptops and tabs for the less privileged.

It is clear that going ahead digital access will be a human right, and those in governance must wake up to the reality that youngsters need in expensive tablets and easy data access. A nation that spends less than 3% of national budget for public education (lower than Tanzania, Angola and Ghana, et al), with the states putting in 2.5 (Bihar) to 26% (Delhi), with Delhi being the only state in double digits, cannot ensure digital education for the masses, unless allocation of funds and their transparent spending happen.

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Prof. Ujjwal Anu Chowdhury

The author is Vice President, Washington University of Science and Technology and Editorial Mentor, edInbox.com

The last two years have clearly shown that technology-aided remote schooling is neither fully possible nor completely desirable. 

Lest we forget that India is a nation of more than one-third of the population in the 15 to 25 years age-bracket, the most promising period of life when one decides career path, subjects for learning, types of work to do, and becomes self-dependent in the process.