IM Lab Foundation (IMLF)

Building the human foundations of a better future

IM Lab Foundation (IMLF) is a new institution for education, scientific temper and public knowledge. We bring schools, colleges, teachers, researchers, journalists, professionals and communities together, so people can understand technology and media, question what they see, and build things that help others.

Who IMLF connects

IMLF works when different people meet. Select a group to see how IMLF works with it and who it connects to.

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Why IMLF

Technology is changing faster than schools, newsrooms and families can keep up. We don't think the answer is fear. It is stronger people: curious, careful with evidence, clear when they speak, and willing to build together.

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How we learn

Understand, then question, then experiment, then build, then reflect, then share. Every IMLF programme follows these steps, so learning leads to something a person can actually do.

Start with how things actually work.

Before students use AI, they learn what it is: a system that finds patterns in data and predicts. It does not think like a person.

Ask what the evidence is, and what could be wrong.

Who said this? How do they know? Our cyber safety lessons are designed to teach students to ask these questions before they believe, share or pay.

Try it, test it, compare.

Students attempt a task on their own first, then compare their answer with an AI's, and notice where each one went wrong.

Make something real.

A news report from a smartphone, a classroom tool, a lesson for younger children: something other people can use.

Look back at what worked, and why.

Every project will end with a short review: what we learned, what we would change, what we still do not know.

Share it so others can learn.

Documented projects, open resources and mentoring younger students. Knowledge grows when it is passed on.

What we are building

  • Center for Media Excellence

    A bridge between what colleges teach and what media work now demands.

  • AI and digital literacy

    Knowing what AI is, where it fails, and how to use it well.

  • Schools and scientific temper

    Students who question and test, not just memorise.

  • Open source

    Helping students create and share real tools and knowledge in the open.

  • Research and knowledge

    A public library of explainers, notes and learnings.

  • Events and the summit pathway

    Sessions and conversations that build towards the national summit.

Initiatives

Each initiative is shown with its honest current status.

  • Center for Media Excellence In development
  • Professional sessions Starting
  • School handbooks In development
  • International Summit on AI in Media & Journalism 12 February 2027 Upcoming
  • Student open-source projects Proposed

What's happening

Only real, confirmed items are listed here.

12 February 2027

International Summit on AI in Media & Journalism

India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Upcoming

Learn from A to Z

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Knowledge

Our first explainers are being written.

Coming soon

Get involved

Students, teachers, schools and colleges, scientists, engineers, journalists and institutions: there is a place for each of you. Tell us who you are and how you'd like to help.