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Tune in to insightful conversations, featuring CSF leaders and voices from across India’s education ecosystem. Together, they explore ideas, innovations and system-level efforts to improve student learning outcomes for all children in India, with a special focus on the NIPUN Bharat Mission. Each episode delves into one of our key thematic areas — Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN), Early Childhood Education (ECE), EdTech, School Governance and High Potential Students.

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN)

Learn how foundational literacy and numeracy underpin lifelong success, with discussions around the  NIPUN Bharat Mission and its emphasis on teacher professional development (TPD), teaching-learning material (TLM)  and assessments as key levers to achieve FLN by Grade 3.

31 October 2025

NIPUN Bharat and the way forward for the FLN Mission (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja, this episode looks at how states can build on the NIPUN Bharat Mission to sustain and scale foundational learning outcomes.

19 September 2025

Academic and Governance Inputs for NIPUN Bharat Mission (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Parthajeet Das and Sambhrant Srivastava, this episode reflects on how the NIPUN Bharat Mission is being translated from policy to classroom practice across states in India.

5 September 2025

Green Shoots of Progress for Uttar Pradesh (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Vinod Karate and Vaibhav Limaye, this episode reflects on Uttar Pradesh’s inspiring journey of driving foundational literacy and numeracy through academic and governance reforms under the NIPUN Bharat Mission.

23 January 2025

Strengthening Teaching-Learning for FLN in Classrooms (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Vinod Karate and Ujjawala Meshram, a primary-grade school teacher from Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, this episode reflects on the importance of foundational learning in shaping a child’s onward learning journey and future opportunities in life.

26 October 2024

The Role of Regular Low-Stakes Assessments in the Learning Journey of a Child (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Dr Jayshree Oza and Sridhar Rajagopalan, Co-founder and Chief Learning Officer, Educational Initiatives, this episode reflects on the importance of effective assessments at key transition points in a child’s learning journey and how they enable early identification of learning gaps and informed classroom interventions.

Primary Education Needs a Multidimensional Approach (Unusual Suspect Podcast, Spotify)

7 June 2024

Primary Education Needs a Multidimensional Approach (Unusual Suspect Podcast, Spotify)

Featuring CSF’s Shaveta Sharma-Kukreja, this episode reflects on India’s foundational literacy and numeracy challenge—examining the gap between enrolment and learning outcomes, the priorities set by NEP 2020 and how assessment reformsand classroom practices can ensure that attending school truly translates into learning.

Early Childhood Education (ECE)

Engage with thoughtful discussions on early childhood education, underscoring how high-quality learning experiences for children aged 3-6 form ‘Step Zero’ in ensuring school readiness and strong foundations in literacy and numeracy.

16 October 2025

Why 70% of Children Struggle to Learn – And How Teachers Can Change That (The Learning Circle)

Featuring CSF’s Anustup Nayak, this episode discusses the role of structured pedagogy and how it helps teachers navigate classroom complexity, improving student learning outcomes.

5 October 2024

Unlocking the Power of Play: A Key to Early Childhood Education (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Anustup Nayak and Prof. Venita Kaul, Professor Emerita (Education), Ambedkar University, Delhi and Suman, an Anganwadi Worker, this episode reflects on the role of play-based learning in early childhood and how guided and free play support children’s holistic emotional, social, and physical development.

EdTech

Explore discussions on how technology can enhance student learning both at home and in school, enabling scale, equity and improved student learning outcomes.

13 November 2025

Every Indian Classroom Needs This: CSF’s EdTech Revolution (The Learning Circle)

Featuring CSF’s Abhimanyu Maheshwari, this episode talks about what makes EdTech actually work in Indian classrooms—from evaluation frameworks to teacher support.

17 October 2025

The evolving space for AI in Education (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Gouri Gupta and Professor Balaraman Ravindran(Head, Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI (WSAI), IIT Madras), this episode sharehow artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance learning through personalisation, assessment and classroom support.

28 April 2025

The Potential of AI in Indian Education (Sai Shiko Podcast)

Featuring CSF’s Gouri Gupta, this episode shares insights on AI and EdTech and how it can together strengthen teaching-learning instruction, student assessment, teacher professional development and system effectiveness in the Indian education landscape.

19 October 2024

The Evolving Space for AI in EdTech for Students and Teachers (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Gouri Gupta and Swati Vasudevan, Managing Director, Khan Academy India, this episode reflects on the role of artificial intelligence in shaping the evolving EdTech landscape and how generative AI can support teachers, learners and content creation in the classroom.

21 September 2024

Role of EdTech in Ensuring Continued At-Home Learning (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Gouri Gupta, Sashwati Banerjee, Founder, Top Parent and Priyanka Aggarwal, a parent from Haridwar, Uttarakhand, this episode reflects on how access to educational technology can transform classroom and at-home learning, particularly in low-income and rural contexts.

What EdTech Solution to Choose? Lessons from Tulna ( World Bank EdTech Podcast, Spotify)

9 May 2024

What EdTech Solution to Choose? Lessons from Tulna ( World Bank EdTech Podcast, Spotify)

Featuring CSF’s Gouri Gupta, Juan Barón, Senior Economist, World Bank and Haani Mazari, Global Country Engagement Lead – Asia, EdTech Hub, this episode reflects on the development and use of Tulna, an innovative framework created in partnership between IIT Bombay and CSF to help governments make better decisions when selecting EdTech solutions.

School Governance

Gain insights into governance reforms that strengthen schools, ensure quality and enable informed decisions through reliable learning data.

3 October 2025

The need for better Public Disclosure in schools (3 Things, The Indian Express)

Featuring CSF’s Kapil Khurana and A.K. Modh Patel, Additional Director, Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT), this episode shares why public disclosure of school performance matters for transparency and accountability for parents.

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