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Research

Research — Reports and Whitepapers on AI in Indian Higher Education

Research output from Kompas AI School: the AI Skills Index, the State of AI in Indian Higher Education report, Track E case studies, and the published Skill Score rubric.

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AI Skills Index, India

2026 H1 · published May 2026

A measured snapshot of AI capability among graduating students at Indian universities, scored against the same Skill Rubric we use inside our tracks.

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State of AI in Indian Higher Education

2026 edition · published May 2026

Long-form report on how AI is being taught, integrated, governed, and assessed across Indian universities — public and private.

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What the Index reports

The shape of AI capability across Indian universities, measured.

The two charts below are headline previews of the AI Skills Index 2026 H1. The full methodology, sample composition, and tier-by-tier breakdown sit inside the published report.

Skill Score distribution

Median Skill Score by university tier

Tier-by-tier median across the AI Skills Index 2026 H1 sample.

Bands: 1 Foundational, 2 Practitioner, 3 Applied, 4 Advanced, 5 Expert.

Source: Kompas AI Skills Index, India — 2026 H1.

Trajectory over time

Year-on-year change with Kompas-powered curriculum

Kompas-cohort trajectory vs. a comparable non-Kompas cohort over four academic years.

Kompas-powered cohort
Comparable non-Kompas cohort

Source: Kompas AI Skills Index, India — 2026 H1, longitudinal cohort comparison.

The published Skill Rubric

What "Practitioner" or "Applied" actually means.

The full rubric the Index, our adaptive platform, and our hiring partners share. Five bands across six dimensions; each cell is a single verb-led description of what a student can demonstrate.

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The Kompas AI Skill Rubric

5 bands × 6 dimensions · published April 2026 · current version v2026.1

v2026.1

Click any cell to read the full description, or click a column header to focus a band, or a row label to focus a dimension.

Dimension

Bands are cumulative — Applied includes everything in Practitioner and Foundational. Each dimension is graded independently; a student with an Applied score on Implementation and a Practitioner score on Safety has a Practitioner-band Skill Score overall.

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