Nalanda – the Library and Information Centre of IIM Kozhikode – organised a One-Day National Seminar on “Libraries and Digital Disruption: Navigating Change, Sustaining Relevance” at the MDC Auditorium today, in honour of the birth anniversary of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, the Father of Library Science in India.
The most debated government downsizing reform that has been implemented in recent history has been the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative under the Donald Trump administration in its second term. The initiative aims to reduce U.S. federal spending, deficit, debt and interest burden, streamline government operations, and enhance government efficiency. The initiative was much in the news with the appointment of Elon Musk, to advise and guide the government on the initiative, and his declaration that the overall goal is to achieve a leaner government by cutting the deficit and reducing the number of federal agencies from over 400 to 99.
AI cannot replace humans in terms of leadership as it requires humanitarian qualities, said IIM-Kozhikode director Debashis Chatterjee. He was speaking at the ‘Mindful Leadership Masterclass’ on the topic ‘Explore the essence of the human factor in an AI world’.
In the wake of the devastating landslides that ravaged Wayanad last year, disaster management expert Prof. Rajib Shaw of Keio University, Japan, has called for a fundamental shift in India’s disaster preparedness strategy — urging that early warning systems be embedded directly within communities, and schools be transformed into localised early warning nodes.
In the wake of the devastating landslides that ravaged Wayanad last year, disaster management expert Prof. Rajib Shaw of Keio University, Japan, has called for a fundamental shift in India’s disaster preparedness strategy — urging that early warning systems be embedded directly within communities, and schools be transformed into localised early warning nodes.