Education
Investigating how AI is changing teaching, learning, assessment, knowledge creation, and educational institutions.
Research at
Penta Minds
A research division studying how Artificial Intelligence intersects with education, policy, and society. Field-grounded, evidence-based, and designed to produce outcomes that matter.
Research Areas
Literacy & Accessibility
Making complex AI concepts understandable, practical, accessible, and contextually relevant.
Governance
Examining institutional design, policy, accountability, and societal adaptation around AI.
Ethics & Responsibility
Researching responsible AI development and adoption across its full lifecycle.
Emerging Technologies
Identifying emerging developments that raise meaningful research questions for AI and society.
Active Projects
Project 01
AI as the Hidden Curriculum
How Learning is Happening Through AI Without Being Taught
AI as the Hidden Curriculum is the core research initiative examining how students in Indian higher education are learning to use AI tools informally - outside any structured curriculum. The central question is: what does it mean when an entire generation of students is developing AI competency through trial, error, and peer learning, without institutional acknowledgment or guidance?
Objective
To document the informal AI learning behaviours of students across institution tiers, and identify the structural gaps between student AI use and institutional AI policy.
Methodology
Field surveys across 9+ institutions in Tamil Nadu, faculty interviews, institutional observation, and a nationwide online survey instrument.
Current Stage
Active preparation and foundation phase.
Upcoming Plans
Data collection, field visits, thematic analysis, policy brief drafting, surevy dataset publication and AI Literacy Toolkit Version 2 finalisation by December 2026.
Publications & Outcomes
Research Report
AI as the Hidden Curriculum: A Student-Led Evidence Based Report
Study ReportAI Literacy Toolkit
The Ground-Up AI Literacy Toolkit for Indian institutions
Access ToolkitDatasets
Survey Dataset - AI as the Hidden Curriculum
◷ Dataset will be made available following research completion.
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We are collecting student and faculty responses on AI awareness, informal learning, institutional policy, and responsible use across Indian educational institutions.
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Student Survey
Faculty Survey
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Open to students and faculty across all institution types.
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Academic Partnerships
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Data Partnerships
Share or facilitate access to research data through responsible partnerships aligned with privacy, consent, and research ethics.
Field Partnerships
Partner with us to support institutional outreach, field studies, participant engagement, and research data collection.
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