Srinagar Event Management Group

21/10/2025

India’s education system is trapped in a syllabus-first mindset while the world demands skills-first thinkers. Unless learning shifts from rote to relevance, the country’s demographic dividend risks becoming a demographic debt.

Each year, India produces an army of graduates—over 1.5 million engineers and millions more in humanities, business, and science. Yet the reality is stark. According to Aspiring Minds’ National Employability Report (2024), only one in five engineering graduates is employable in their core field, and fewer than five percent can code to professional standards.

India’s universities are minting degrees, not capabilities; certificates, not competence. The result is a generation academically qualified but professionally stranded.

Read More:
https://kashmirobserver.net/2025/10/20/syllabus-vs-skills-indias-generation-at-risk/

08/10/2025

Achan is a grave that will swallow Srinagarites

Achan is a test of governance, law, and civic action. Students analyzing soil, activists filing petitions, and journalists exposing violations have already transformed environmental advocacy in Kashmir from abstract ideal to survival strategy.

20/09/2025

Floods in Kashmir are not accidents of nature. They are the visible outcome of how rivers, lakes, and wetlands have been treated over generations.

The Jhelum was once a lifeline, carrying snowmelt and rain through Srinagar into Wular Lake. Canals spread its waters, irrigating fields and replenishing marshes. The Flood Spill Channel, cut over a century ago, protected the city by diverting excess flow.

Today, this system exists mostly in memory.

Read More:
https://kashmirobserver.net/2025/09/19/kashmirs-rivers-are-running-out-of-space/

25/10/2024

https://kashmirconvener.com/2024/10/24/reclaiming-footpaths-ensuring-pedestrian-safety-in-jk/