Learning Starts At The Bottom Of The Pyramid
17-Jul-2026
by Arvind Virmani
Arvind Virmani is an economist, former member of NITI Aayog and former chief economic adviser. He is also the founder chairman of the Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare. Edited excerpts from an interview with Parth Singh. This story appeared in Outlook magazine’s August 3 issue, 'The AI Divide', which focuses on how India's AI education ambitions are colliding with the reality of inadequate digital infrastructure, undertrained teachers and AI tools that are not built around Indian students' cultural context