While parents will pay for tutors or exam-cramming services – paradigms which they understand intuitively – gamified learning is often viewed with suspicion. Yet gamification is a powerful aid to learning. Brain chemistry tells us that the anticipation of success is a strong motivator, providing...

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About three years into her job, software engineer Singdha Prakash realised that her work at a Bangalore technology firm has become boring and repetitive. Unsure of her career path, Prakash took a 11-month-long online course in data science, offered jointly by the Indian Institute of...

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Think of robots and nine times out of ten, an image of a humanoid android would pop up in your head. That is how they're depicted in movies, no? But there's so much more to robots. Did you know that robotics plays an integral...

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Conventional education, disrupted as it is, needs to be better and more effective. Online and hybrid education models are new but are catching up because of a large young population, rising cost of education, and a desire to reach the unreached. Steve Jobs once...

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Do not save money Surprised? Well, what we mean is do not be happy stashing away money in your bank account. Your bank fixed deposits are unlikely to offer higher returns than inflation. When that happens over a long period, your money loses its value....

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