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Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges and its Impact on Teaching and Learning

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative technology in higher education, offering new opportunities to enhance teaching, learning, assessment, research, and academic activities. This study examines the awareness and utilisation of AI tools among faculty members and identifies their perceived benefits, challenges, and impact on teaching and learning effectiveness. The study adopts a descriptive and analytical research design and collects primary data from 100 faculty members selected through simple random sampling. Data are collected using a structured questionnaire and analysed through simple percentage analysis, Chi-square test, and regression analysis. The findings indicate that faculty members recognise the potential of AI to improve teaching efficiency, content preparation, personalised learning, assessment, and academic productivity. The Chi-square analysis reveals significant associations between AI utilisation and selected demographic and institutional factors, particularly AI training. Regression analysis demonstrates a positive and significant influence of AI utilisation on perceived teaching and learning effectiveness. However, concerns related to academic integrity, misinformation, privacy, ethical use, and inadequate training remain important challenges. The study concludes that systematic AI training, institutional support, and appropriate ethical guidelines are essential for effective and responsible AI integration in higher education.

Published by: Dr. D. Rajasekaran

Author: Dr. D. Rajasekaran

Paper ID: V12I5-1138

Paper Status: published

Published: September 8, 2026

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The Golden Ratio, Fibonacci Sequences, and the Brain: Do Neural Oscillations Follow Mathematical Harmony to Shape Perception and Memory?

The golden ratio (φ) and the Fibonacci sequence are mathematical patterns that appear in all biological systems, whether it be cardiac systems or plants. This review examines whether the human brain’s oscillatory systems follow similar mathematical properties. Neural oscillations are organized into discrete frequency bands (delta, theta, alpha, beta and gamma), and the ratios between them have been said to follow the golden ratio scaling. This review evaluates the evidence across three contexts - spectral organization, cross frequency coupling, and cognitive function (memory and perception). The strongest evidence has come from the memory domain, where hippocampal theta-gamma phase amplitude coupling during successful memory encoding often approaches the golden ratio. On the other hand, sleep dependent memory consolidation shows Fibonacci-like patterns. Despite these findings, there are a lot of important limitations that are still there. The brain naturally produces 1/f background activity, making it difficult to know whether these φ like patterns are meaningful or happening by chance. Scientists also do not know of any biological mechanism that would cause brain cells to organize their activity around φ. In addition, studies looking at φ in perception have produced mixed results. Overall, whether the idea that the brain is organized around the golden ratio is interesting and supported by some evidence, it has not been proven yet. Even so, this research has helped scientists better understand how the brain waves interact and how the brain processes and stores memories.

Published by: Naisha Dalal

Author: Naisha Dalal

Paper ID: V12I4-1217

Paper Status: published

Published: September 8, 2026

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Smart Talking Glove for the Speech Impaired

The Smart Talking Glove for the Speech Impaired is an assistive device made to help enhance communication for people in need by providing an intensive gesture-based interface. The system captures hand movements or gestures using flex sensors fixed on the fingers of the glove and a motion sensing unit to capture hand orientation. This enables recognition of the predefined gestures or signs. These sensor signals are processed by an ESP32 microcontroller, which is the core processing and communication unit. Using ESP32’s built-in Wi-Fi, the recognized data is transmitted to the Blynk IoT platform, where it is displayed as text and at the same time converted into audible speech. Speech generation is done by integrating the Google Textto-Speech (TTS) API, allowing real time speech synthesis using the Blynk IoT application. This system emphasizes portability, comparatively low cost, and user’s comfort, making it suitable for everyday use. Experimentation results show reliable performance with high accuracy, minimal latency, and rechargeable battery with prolonged operational life. The Smart Talking Glove also offers scalability, with scope for future enhancements like multilingual support, customizable gestures, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning based gesture recognition, and offline operation. Beyond assistive communication, the system shows strong potential for applications in gesture controlled robotics, smart home automation, virtual reality interfaces, and industrial control, highlighting its versatility as both an accessibility solution and an innovative human machine interaction tool.

Published by: Khushi Mahule, Ankita Sarode, Sheetal Katwe, Aboli Surate

Author: Khushi Mahule

Paper ID: V12I4-1216

Paper Status: published

Published: September 4, 2026

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Sustainable Rural Development in India: Lessons from the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Programme in Mudikandam Village, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

The Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is an initiative by the Government of India that fosters collaborations between Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and rural communities to promote holistic rural development. The present study was conducted to examine the waste collection system, sources of water, sanitation system, source of energy and power, landholding information, agricultural inputs, agricultural production in a year, live stock numbers and major problems persisting in Mudikandam village, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, a constituent state of India. Insights were drawn from a survey by UBA coordinators from Indra Ganesan College of Engineering, Trichy to enhance rural development of v0illage. The findings reveal that the major problems persisting are lack of street lights, hospital, regular buses, plastic recycling, school, cow shelter. The implementation methodology includes a new scheme named Gramasabha meeting was aimed to engage with the local community, understand their needs and discuss ongoing development activities, Solar Street Light Installation Programme programme was organized with the objective of promoting rural development and encouraging the use of sustainable and renewable energy sources and 250 cloth bags were distributed to the public to promote environmental awareness.

Published by: D. Suresh, M. Anusuya, G. Balakrishnan, M. Joseph Salethraj

Author: D. Suresh

Paper ID: V12I4-1208

Paper Status: published

Published: September 3, 2026

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The Bharat Within a National Policy Framework for Youth Well-being, Future-Ready Education, and Nation Building for Generation Z and Generation Alpha

For India to receive a demographic dividend from its demographic window, educational expansion must be matched with the ability to produce resilient and skilled social capital. This secondary-data policy study analyses the “Bharat Within” framework for Generation Z and Generation Alpha. The analysis is based on Indian official data and peer-reviewed literature for the years 2020 to 2025. Since the primary data used in the study existed in a disparate format, descriptive analysis techniques, such as the percentage change, compound annual growth rate (CAGR), and the competition intensity index, were used in the study. India’s education system in the year 2023–24 enrolled 24.8 crore students at 14.72 lakh schools and approximately 4.46 crore in institutions of higher education (provisional figure for 2022–23). NCERT-based findings reported that the surveyed students showed anxiety (11%), extreme emotions (14%), and mood swings (43%). Student suicides reported by the NCRB increased from 12,526 in 2020 to 13,044 in 2022, representing a 4.1% increase and a CAGR of 2.0%. Between the years 2020 and 2024, NEET registrations increased by 50.6%. Additionally, between 2022 and 2025, unique registrations for the JEE Main increased by 50.0%. ASER 2024 reported a gap in rural students’ social media (vs. educational) use of 19 percentage points; rural students also showed near-universal access to smartphones. Based on this evidence, the study advocates that wellness services offered in schools adopt a flexible and tiered system. Furthermore, it recommends first-response training for teachers, regulated competitive exam prep, innovation and community building, AI and digital wellness training, and the National Student Well-Being Index (NSWI) be developed and integrated into Indian schools.

Published by: Dr. Jay Dhruv

Author: Dr. Jay Dhruv

Paper ID: V12I4-1200

Paper Status: published

Published: September 2, 2026

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A Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Premenstrual Syndrome and Coping Strategies Among Female Undergraduate Students

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a common cyclical condition among women of reproductive age, characterized by physical, psychological, and behavioural symptoms during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. The study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and coping strategies regarding PMS among female undergraduate students. A quantitative approach with a descriptive research design was adopted, and 150 female undergraduate students were selected using convenience sampling from a selected college in Kollam district. The findings revealed that 48.7% (n=73) had average knowledge, 97.3% (n=146) had a positive attitude, and 50% (n=75) adopted moderate coping strategies. There was significant Association between the knowledge regarding premenstrual syndrome and selected Demographic variables and no significant association was found between attitude towards PMS and selected demographic variables. The study concluded that the majority of students had average knowledge, a positive attitude, and moderate coping strategies regarding PMS.

Published by: Gowry P, Ayisha Sharaf, Sangeetha B S, Anitta Babu, Mubashira Rasheed, Adithyan S, Susan George, Shabna Sasidharan

Author: Gowry P

Paper ID: V12I4-1206

Paper Status: published

Published: September 1, 2026

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