Dehradun, Aug. 9 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 7 Aug: With the rapidly changing world enabled by technology in the age of AI, universities must move beyond conventional classroom teaching and prepare a new generation of economists and policy makers equipped to address the challenges.

This was underlined by N Ravi Shankar, former Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand, during the Orientation Programme for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Department of Economics at Doon University for the academic year 2026-27.

Ravishankar said that that the study of economics and other social sciences today extends far beyond understanding markets and national income. For meeting the future challenges, students must learn beyond their textbooks a...