I'm Akshaya R
Lecturer | Media Law & Ethics | AI in Education

Lecturer at D.M.C.S, University of Pune.
Previously worked at IIM - Udaipur, ISB-Mohali, IIM-Ahmedabad.

Alongside academia, I work in academic delivery at a global EdTech company, where I contribute to the design and implementation of AI-assisted grading and feedback systems. My work explores how emerging technologies are reshaping education, evaluation, and ethical practice.

About Me

I am a Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Savitribai Phule Pune University, where I teach courses on Media Laws and Ethics. My teaching focuses on helping students critically engage with legal frameworks, regulatory systems, and ethical dilemmas in contemporary media environments.

In parallel, I work in academic delivery at a global EdTech company specialising in executive and continuing education. My role involves designing and implementing AI-assisted grading and feedback systems, with a focus on scalability, consistency, and pedagogical integrity.

My academic and professional interests converge around a central question:

How do we responsibly integrate AI into systems of learning, evaluation, and knowledge production?

I write regularly about these themes on my Substack, reflecting on AI in education, academic labour, and the future of assessment.

I am currently developing my academic profile through writing, research, and applied work at the intersection of media, technology, and ethics.

Publications

  • Governing AI at the Application Layer

    Artificial intelligence is entering education as infrastructure through which educational judgment increasingly flows.

    Universities and school systems are integrating AI into grading, tutoring, admissions screening, advising, curriculum design, and research workflows at remarkable speed. In doing so, institutions are not simply adopting software tools. They are delegating portions of evaluative and creative authority to systems designed, updated, and governed outside the educational institution itself.

    This shift introduces a governance problem that current debates rarely confront directly. When institutional judgment is partially automated, responsibility does not disappear. Instead, it becomes structurally ambiguous.

    Who remains accountable when educational authority is mediated by platforms operating beyond institutional control.

  • The US Just Released Its National AI Framework. Here Is What India Should Not Copy.

    What India needs to learn when formulating a national AI policy? US tried to resolve governance questions after commercial AI deployment was already at scale, which meant every intervention landed as a restriction on something already happening. India has a narrower window, but it is still open. 

  • What the Coursera-Udemy Merger Is Actually Telling You

    On 17 December 2025, Coursera and Udemy announced they were merging.

    The press release used the language these announcements always use. Complementary capabilities. AI-era workforce transformation. Meaningful benefits for learners, enterprise customers, and instructors. The combined entity would serve over 270 million learners across universities, governments, and corporations globally. It would generate more than $1.5 billion in annual revenue. It would unlock $115 million in cost synergies within 24 months. That last number that is worh holding on to. 

Interested to work with me?

Drop a message to mle.dmcs@gmail.com

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