For millions of young Indians, every competitive examination represents hope—a chance for higher education, a government job, financial security, and social mobility. Yet, over the last five years, that hope has repeatedly been shattered by a growing epidemic of examination paper leaks. What was once an occasional aberration has now become a systemic threat to India’s meritocratic…

The growing presence of generative artificial intelligence within the wider academic ecosystem has acquired momentum at a time when Indian higher education is already undergoing policy restructuring with National Education Policy’s emphasis on multidisciplinary education, flexibility, and student-centred learning. That restructuring is now moving into its regulatory phase with the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill…