Nitya Prakash's Blog
July 3, 2025
The Future of Learning Is Human: Why Tech Alone Can’t Save Education
By Dr. Nitya Prakash
We are living in a time where education is undergoing its biggest transformation in history. AI tutors, virtual classrooms, digital credentials — the tools are evolving faster than we can train teachers to use them.
But amidst all the dashboards and data, I have one fundamental question:
Where is the human being in all of this?
I say this as someone who has championed technology-led education across India and New Zealand. I’ve worked with institutions, startups, governments, and global partners to digitize, democratize, and decentralize access to learning.
Yet, in every room I walk into — whether it’s an Ivy League conference or a village school — the most important thing remains the same:
A learner needs to feel seen. A teacher needs to feel heard. And a system needs to remember why it exists in the first place — to build better humans, not just better workers.
Technology is a powerful enabler. But it cannot replace empathy. It cannot replicate the impact of a mentor who says, “I believe in you.”
That’s why at Quality New Zealand Education, and in every project I touch — from NSE Academy partnerships to storytelling-driven learning models — my focus is always the same:
Put the human first. Let tech follow.
Because learning is not transactional — it’s deeply transformational.
And if we forget the soul of education in our race toward scale, we’ll end up with brilliant systems… but broken people.
Let’s design the future of learning not just with algorithms, but with empathy, equity, and imagination.
Let’s ask not just what students are learning — but who they are becoming.
March 3, 2025
From Vision to Impact: The Quiet Power of Consistent Leadership
By Dr. Nitya Prakash
In a world enamored by overnight success and viral moments, it’s easy to overlook the quiet, persistent force that truly changes lives — consistent leadership.
For over two decades, I’ve been privileged to work across the landscapes of education, entrepreneurship, storytelling, and social transformation. From mentoring startups at IIT Bombay to counselling aspiring students across India and New Zealand, from writing fiction that explores human emotion to building institutions that challenge outdated models — I’ve realized that success isn’t built in bursts of brilliance. It’s built in the quiet hours. The hard days. The forgotten moments.
So what makes a leader truly effective?It’s not charisma. It’s not the title.
It’s the ability to show up. Again and again.
To show up for your team even when the vision is shaky.
To show up for your students even when resources are thin.
To show up for your mission even when the applause fades.
The world doesn’t need louder leaders.
It needs steadier ones.
Leaders who are not afraid of iteration. Leaders who understand that legacy is built over decades, not quarters.
It was the follow-up. The patience. The day-two discipline.When counselling men and women through trauma, confusion, and decision fatigue — it wasn’t advice that helped. It was presence.
The world is moving fast. Our young people are overwhelmed with options, yet starving for direction.
It is our responsibility — as educators, mentors, and changemakers — to provide not just answers, but anchor points.
Let’s be that kind of leader.
The kind who doesn’t burn out or blow up — but quietly builds.
One student. One team. One decision at a time.
Because transformation isn’t always dramatic.
But it is always deliberate.
January 3, 2025
Redefining Futures: Why the World Needs Bold Educators, Not Just Institutions
By Dr. Nitya Prakash
In a world obsessed with degrees and diplomas, we often forget to ask: What are we truly educating for?
Are we nurturing minds that merely pass exams, or are we shaping thinkers who can redesign the future?
As someone who has walked the tightrope of corporate leadership, authored novels that challenge stereotypes, and mentored countless startups and students across the globe, I’ve learned one thing — education without purpose is just expensive memory training.
We are standing at a crossroads.
Artificial Intelligence is replacing jobs at lightning speed. Traditional business models are crumbling. The world no longer belongs to those who just know — it belongs to those who can adapt, create, and lead.
This is where the role of bold educators, not just traditional institutions, becomes crucial.
Education must no longer be linear. It must be multi-dimensional, integrating empathy, entrepreneurship, ethics, and emerging technology — not as electives, but as essentials. We must stop telling our students to “follow the rules,” and instead teach them how to question the rules and even rewrite them.
In my current role as CEO of Quality New Zealand Education, and through collaborations with NSE Academy, IIT Bombay, and innovation missions across India and New Zealand, I’ve seen the hunger for this shift. Students and professionals want more than just content — they want context. They seek learning that speaks to their lives, cultures, and dreams.
The future belongs to those who dare to ask:
What problem am I solving?Whose life am I changing?What legacy am I building?And as educators, mentors, and leaders, we owe them the tools — and more importantly, the courage — to seek those answers.
Because in the end, true education doesn’t just create employees. It creates trailblazers.
Let’s start teaching like the future depends on it.
Because it does.
March 20, 2022
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March 27, 2014
MH370 – Truth behind the missing Malaysian Airline!
Malaysian Airline
The American is withdrawing from the Afghanistan, one of their command and control system (used for controlling the pilot-less drones) was hijacked by the Talibans when the American transport convoy was moving down from one of the hill top bases. The Talibans ambushed the convoy and killed 2 American Seal personnel, seized the equipment/weapons, including the command and control system which weighed about 20 tons and packed into 6 crates. This happened about a month ago in Feb 2014.
What the Talibans want is money. They want to sell the system to the Russian or the Chinese. The Russian is too busy in Ukraine. The Chinese are hungry for the system’s technology. Just imagine if the Chinese master the technology behind the command and control system, all the American drones will become useless. So the Chinese sent 8 top defense scientists to check the system and agreed to pay millions for it.
Sometime in early Mar 2014, the 8 scientists and the 6 crates made their way to Malaysia, thinking that it was the best covert way to avoid detection. The cargo was then kept in the Embassy under diplomatic protection. Meanwhile the American has engaged the assistance of Israeli intelligence, and together they are determined to intercept and recapture the cargo.
The Chinese calculated that it will be safe to transport it via civilian aircraft so as to avoid suspicion. After all the direct flight from KL to Beijing takes only 4 and half hours, and the American will not hijack or harm the civilian. So MH370 is the perfect carrier.
There are 5 American and Israeli agents onboard who are familiar with Boeing operation. The 2 “Iranians” with stolen passports could be among them.
When MH370 is about to leave the Malaysian air space and reporting to Vietnamese air control, one American AWAC jammed their signal, disabled the pilot control system and switched over to remote control mode. That was when the plane suddenly lost altitude momentarily.
How the AWAC can do it ? Remember 911 incident ? After the 911 incident, all Boeing aircraft (and possibly all Airbus) are installed with remote control system to counter terrorist hijacking. Since then all the Boeing could be remote controlled by ground control tower. The same remote control system used to control the pilotless spy aircraft and drones.
The 5 American/Israeli agents soon took over the plane, switched off the transponder and other communication system, changed course and flew westwards. They dare not fly east to Philippines or Guam because the whole South China Sea air space was covered by Chinese surveillance radar and satellite.
The Malaysian, Thai and Indian military radars actually detected the unidentified aircraft but did not react professionally.
The plane flew over North Sumatra, Anambas, South India and then landed at Maldives (some villagers saw the aircraft landing), refueled and continued its flight to Garcia Deigo, the American Air Base in the middle of Indian Ocean. The cargo and the black box were removed. The passengers were silenced via natural means, lack of oxygen. They believe only dead person will not talk. The MH370 with dead passengers were air borne again via remote control and crashed into South Indian Ocean, make it to believe that the plane eventually ran out of fuel and crashed, and blame the defiant captain and copilot.
The American has put up a good show. First diverting all the attention and search effort in the South China Sea while the plane made their way to Indian Ocean. Then they came out with some conflicting statement and evidence to confuse the world. The Australian is the co-actor.
The amount of effort put up by China, in terms of the number of search aircraft, ships and satellites, searching first the South China Sea, then the Malacca Straits and the Indian Ocean is unprecedented. This showed that the China is very concerned, not so much because of the many Chinese civilian passengers, but mainly the high value cargo and its 8 top defense scientists.
Please Note: Not intended to be a factual statement!
June 21, 2013
Raanjhanaa Review: Miss it at your own risk!
March 8, 2013
Being someone's last love is beyond perfect!
Beyond PERFECT Love!!!
I do write novels with love stories in them. Good-looking young couples with throbbing hormones fall in love and have to be with each other. It’s an escape. It’s a rollercoaster and that kind of love is terribly fun to write. But today I want to talk about a different kind of love. Being someone’s first love may be great but to be their last is beyond PERFECT.
Old people love. I know –you’re rolling your eyes. Wrinkles and passionate love scenes never really go together. I think we might be conditioned to expect firm butts and candlelight when we think of love. But some of the most stunning, real life stories aren’t about the sweaty, sideways. I’m going to give you an amazing example that’s real.
Picture a couple, married in their early twenties, living through the pre-independence era. Two children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren later, they still held hands. She fussed over his diet because of a heart attack he survived in his fifties. He danced with her in the small kitchen of the trailer they spent their days in while retired in Lucknow. When the grandchildren called, she would get on one phone and he on the other, talking at the same time and often asking the same questions in tandem. They were so connected; maybe it was just the vast amount of time they spent together that created that distinct togetherness.
Time took its toll, as time does. In their eighties, they went about their days helping each other get through daily tasks. His heart was always a concern and as they entered what surely was to be the twilight of their lives they made sensible decisions, for they were a sensible couple. Both agreed not to be resuscitated, neither wanting to live reliant on machines. The day came when his gorgeous heart
failed but before he lost consciousness, he demanded that they fight for him and ignore the DNR directive. Doctors and nurses are amazing, don’t you think? And he survived, but at a cost. He had trouble recognizing people. She was too frail to make the trip to the hospital often and at times he was combative. A week passed. Two weeks passed and he fought to come back to his family. Finally, finally he was able to say names, recognize his people. He looked for her, but she couldn’t make it to the hospital. So he forced himself to walk until amazingly, he came back to her.
Their children helped him into their home and she rose to meet him. Him with a cane and her with a walker– they met in the middle of their sweet, small kitchen.
“It’s you.” She said.
“It’s you.” He replied.
They touched each other’s faces. They held hands.
I’m not sure how much it hurts to take a breath after having two heart attacks, but he did just that for weeks to be with her. The last attack was too much for even his strong will. His final words were rejecting –yet again–the DNR orders. He wanted to go back to her.
There were so many people at his funeral, all eyes on her, worrying how she would do, how she could possibly manage.
It took a year. I’m not sure how much it hurts to live with half a heart, half a soul but she did just that for almost exactly a year. You see, she was just a day shy of the anniversary of his death when she returned to his arms in Heaven. She didn’t even try to fight; she wanted to go back to him so much.
It is not the age that matter but the love that remained immortal. Because they did love so, so right.
