Written by Nethra Singhi What is peer-to-peer teaching? Stanford professor Rick Reis defines peer-to-peer teaching as “students learning...

Written by Nethra Singhi From a barren land with a limited water supply and fluctuating electricity, the Agastya Kuppam Campus is now a...

Written by Nethra Singhi “Learning by Doing” is a motto many educators are adopting today, aiming to make their classrooms more...

Written by Nethra Singhi Educators, especially in India, have long considered arts to be less important than science subjects. Until a...

Written by Nethra Singhi There has always been a lot of discussion about learning processes and the limitations of traditional lecture...

Will We Use Technology In The Classroom Or Technology As The Classroom? Written by Nethra Singhi Teaching methods constantly adapt to...

Written by Amna Majeed Roald Dahl’s Matilda (1988) is a canonical book that is read widely across the world by all age groups. The book...

A mountain is an adventure. If you remove the sense of adventure, you are left with just a mountain.

At a gathering of school leaders at the Agastya campus, a participant remarked on the exceptional architecture of the campus buildings “I...

Summary In a captivating discussion, Dr. Manu Prakash, a bioengineering professor at Stanford, shares insights into his scientific...

A Chef Who Drives Princeton's Mission A few days ago, Monica and I were given a tour of Princeton University by James Van Wyck, who...

A shift in context often sparks a new idea or opportunity. My recent visit to resurgent China marked a significant personal shift in...

41st Foundation Day Lecture at IIMB In January, 1882 Van Gogh, the great Post-impressionist painter in a letter to his brother Theo,...

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Was A Great Social Investor by Ramji Raghavan   I have known stock market billionaire and social investor Rakesh...

“Be the change you want to see”, said Gandhi. The former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam inspired millions of children and...

Agastya’s children, along with the art and science instructors, recently constructed a colourful and artistic mural depicting the various...

Two US-based founders of Children’s Hope of India (CHI), Ms. Lavina Melwani and Ms. Dina Pahlajani, approached me a few weeks ago, asking...

An extended lull between one’s intent and action sometimes leads to an unexpected positive outcome. I first read about the self-taught...

On a sunlit afternoon in Jodhpur in February, 2017 on the road from the airport to my hotel, I asked the driver rather whimsically if...