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Education, Epistemologies and AI: Understanding the role of Generative AI in Education
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Aparna Bhatnagar and Amrita Sengupta
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published
Mar 21, 2025
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filed under:
Responsible AI Integration,
Critical Thinking,
Knowledge Production,
Education Policy,
Internet Governance,
Epistemic Trust,
Algorithmic Bias,
Artificial Intelligence
As generative AI becomes more deeply embedded in educational contexts, it raises critical questions about trust, epistemic reliability, and the nature of knowledge production. While AI offers significant opportunities for enhancing pedagogical methodologies, facilitating personalised learning, and augmenting research, it also raises concerns regarding cognitive offloading, the erosion of critical thinking skills, and the perpetuation of biases inherent in training data.
This essay examines how higher education institutions navigate these complexities, focusing on institutional adaptation, ethical considerations, and policy responses. Central to this inquiry is an analysis of key theoretical frameworks in education and epistemology to understand how these impact the discourse around generative AI in the classroom. This essay looks at existing educational theory to understand the role of AI in the classroom. Furthermore, the study assesses existing institutional and national AI policies, evaluating their efficacy in addressing governance challenges, and offers future-looking questions and recommendations to guide the responsible integration of generative AI in education.
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Emotional Contagion: Theorising the Role of Affect in COVID-19 Information Disorder
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by
Yesha Tshering Paul and Amrita Sengupta
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published
Apr 11, 2025
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last modified
Apr 14, 2025 06:51 PM
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filed under:
Information Disorders,
Fake News,
Internet Governance,
Covid19
In this paper, we investigate the underexplored emotional drivers of information disorder, with a particular focus on how it manifested in COVID-19 misinformation in India. While "fake news" has received considerable attention for its impact on elections, marginalized communities, and public health, mainstream information disorder research does not sufficiently prioritise the underlying psychological factors that influence information trust.
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The Cost of Free Basics in India: Does Facebook's 'walled garden' reduce or reinforce digital inequalities?
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by
Amrita Sengupta
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published
Apr 05, 2025
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filed under:
Free Basics,
Facebook,
Internet Governance
In this essay—written in April 2016 soon after India's Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) upheld net neutrality and effectively banned Free Basics in India— the author uses development theories to study the Free Basics programme. The author explored three key paradigms: 1) Construction of knowledge, power structures and virtual colonization in the Free Basics Programme, (2) A sub-internet of the marginalized and (3) the Capabilities Approach and explored how the programme reinforces levels of digital inequalities as opposed to reducing it. This essay was written in 2016 and there have been various shifts in the digital and tech landscape. Further a lot of numbers and statistics are from 2016 and not all ideas held here may be transferable today. This should be read as such. This is being published now, on account of 10 years since the Free Basics project was set to be implemented in India.
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Mapping the Legal and Regulatory Frameworks of the Ad-Tech Ecosystem in India
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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published
Apr 24, 2025
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The main purpose of regulations in any sector is essentially twofold, one is to ensure that the interests of the general public or consumers are protected, and the other is to ensure that the sector itself flourishes and grows. Too much regulation may possibly stifle the commercial potential of any sector, whereas too little regulation runs the risk of leaving consumers vulnerable to harmful practices.
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Aadhaar by Numbers
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 21, 2016
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last modified
Sep 11, 2016 04:36 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Sunil Abraham will be addressing a public seminar at an event organized by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in New Delhi on Friday, April 29, 2016.
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News & Media
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You will need a license to create a WhatsApp group in Kashmir
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 21, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Censorship,
WhatsApp
The internet rights activists have criticised the move stating it as unconstitutional.
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News & Media
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Will Facebook, Twitter relocate servers to India?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 23, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
The debate to relocate offshore servers of internet and social media firms including Google, Facebook and Twitter has revived.
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Can the Matters Dealt with in the Aadhaar Act be the Objects of a Money Bill?
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by
Pooja Saxena
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published
Apr 24, 2016
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar
In this infographic, we highlight the matters dealt with in the Aadhaar Act 2016, recently tabled in and passed by the Lok Sabha as a money bill, and consider if these can be objects of a money bill. The infographic is designed by Pooja Saxena, based on information compiled by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Amber Sinha.
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The Aadhaar Act is Not a Money Bill
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Apr 25, 2016
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar
While the authority of the Lok Sabha Speaker is final and binding, Jairam Ramesh’s writ petition may allow the Supreme Court to question an incorrect application of substantive principles. This article by Amber Sinha was published by The Wire on April 24, 2016.
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Can the Aadhaar Act 2016 be Classified as a Money Bill?
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by
Pooja Saxena
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published
Apr 24, 2016
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last modified
Apr 25, 2016 01:48 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Digital India,
Aadhaar
In this infographic, we show if the Aadhaar Act 2016, recently tabled in and passed by the Lok Sabha as a money bill, can be classified as a money bill. The infographic is designed by Pooja Saxena, based on information compiled by Amber Sinha and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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