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Avdhut Desai

Avdhut Desai

Avdhut Desai is a brand strategist and business growth consultant with a track record of building startups across tech and education. He is the founder of Foresight Foundation, Tech Foresigh, Foresight Education and the Founder & Chief Editor of The Foresight, where he writes on India's institutions, governance, and public policy.

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Nandan Nilekani Leads India’s Exam Reform Task Force
Governance & Policy

Nandan Nilekani Leads India’s Exam Reform Task Force

Avdhut Desai3 August 20263 August 2026

Nandan Nilekani, who built Aadhaar as UIDAI’s founding chairman, has been tapped by PM Modi to lead a 6-member task force reforming India’s exam system — formed a day after the Education Minister resigned over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak. Here’s who’s on the panel, and what’s at stake.

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Governance & Policy

Nandan Nilekani Leads India’s Exam Reform Task Force

Avdhut Desai3 August 20263 August 2026

In 1981, Nandan Nilekani co-founded Infosys with six others and about $250 in starting capital.…

India Chairs BRICS 2026 Amid US Trade Deal - Briefing Poster - The Foresight 2
Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs

BRICS 2026: Modi Hosts Xi, Putin Amid US Trade Deal

Editorial Team2 August 20262 August 2026

India takes the BRICS chair in 2026 under the theme "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation…

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Education

India Is Still Teaching For A Century That’s Over

Avdhut Desai1 August 20261 August 2026

Dharmendra Pradhan is no longer India's education minister. He stepped down, after weeks of protests…

EV Infrastructure of India 4
Automotive & Industry

28 Lakh EVs, 52,718 Chargers: India’s Infrastructure Gap

Editorial Team30 July 202630 July 2026

India's EV story keeps setting records. June 2026 retail sales hit an all-time high of…

Skyroot Story 5
Startups

First Private Indian Rocket to Reach Orbit. Two Ex-ISRO Scientists Built It.

Editorial Team29 July 202630 July 2026

On July 18, 2026, Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 reached a 450-km orbit from Sriharikota — the…

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