From a 5-member startup in 1994 to a 2,800-strong global powerhouse, the journey has been anchored in bold innovation and human-first growth. At Connexions 2025, we celebrated more than an anniversary, we honored our people and future.
Puducherry’s Chief Minister recognized Integra’s contribution to employment, education, and tech leadership.
Employees with 25+ years of service were celebrated for building the foundation we stand on today.
What took center stage? How AI, innovation, and values will shape the next chapter.
Integra is honoured to be ranked among India’s Top 100 Best Workplaces™ for Women 2025 by Great Place To Work® India. This recognition reflects our continued commitment to building a workplace where inclusion is intentional, and women’s leadership is empowered at every level.
With 54% of our workforce and 25% of our leadership represented by women, this isn’t just an award, it’s a celebration of the people who power our progress every day.
👉 Learn more about our inclusivity journey →
This year’s Peer Review Week, themed “Peer Review in the Age of AI,” sparked critical conversations around trust, recognition, and the evolving balance between human insight and automation in scholarly publishing.
As a supporting organization and steering committee member, Integra proudly celebrated the week by hosting a high-impact webinar on September 16, and the turnout spoke volumes. The scholarly publishing community showed up in force to engage with one of the field’s most pressing topics.
🎙️ Our session, “From Fatigue to Integrity,” brought together leaders from Taylor & Francis, Frontiers, and ReviewerCredits. Moderated by Bart Loevens, the discussion pulled no punches.
Missed the webinar? Watch the recording
Integra also contributed two thought pieces to the global dialogue:
Is It Enough to Say a Journal Is ‘Peer Reviewed’?: In this piece for The Scholarly Kitchen, we explore why the phrase “peer reviewed” no longer guarantees trust, and why journals may soon need to be rated for how well they conduct peer review. 👉 Read here
A Future Without Scholarly Publishers in Peer Review: In this Editors Café article, we unpack the provocative idea of removing publishers from the peer review process entirely—and what the industry stands to lose if that happens. 👉 Read here
We’ve partnered up with ImageTwin to tackle one of publishing’s hardest-to-spot risks: image fraud. Now built into EditorialPilot, this tool flags duplicated, manipulated, or AI-generated images, before they reach reviewers.
We’re headed to Frankfurt Book Fair 2025, and we’d love to meet you there.
📅 October 15–19 📍 Hall 4.0, Stand G64
From AI-powered editorial platforms to scalable production workflows, we’ll be showcasing the solutions that are helping publishers modernize without compromise.
- Explore the latest on peer review, accessibility, and digital transformation
- See EditorialPilot in action
- Chat with our publishing tech experts
- Grab a coffee on us and tell us what challenges you’re solving next
Ashutosh Ghildiyal, VP – Growth & Strategy at Integra, will speak at the 15th Ethics in Publishing Conference hosted by George Washington University on October 10th.
His session will address a pressing question in scholarly publishing: not whether to use AI, but how. He will explore the ethical dimensions of AI in editorial and peer review workflows, emphasizing a purposeful, human-centered approach.
👉 Learn more about the conference
At the upcoming ISMTE Asia-Pacific Conference on October 31, Abdul Hakkim will represent Integra to spotlight how AI is reshaping peer review.
Integra’s SVP, Piyush Bhartiya, reflects on his two-decade journey in education publishing, highlighting the seismic shift from print to personalization.
As we enter our 32nd year, our values needed to do more than inspire, they had to lead.
There’s no shortage of AI hype, but how do you actually implement it responsibly?
Our new whitepaper provides a step-by-step framework to move from curiosity to capability, with a strong ethical foundation.
What’s inside:
- Risk scenarios and how to avoid them
- AI use cases that work (and ones that don’t)
- Governance models for transparency and trust
In Episode 3 of Notes From the Editor, Meera doesn’t just assign reviewers, she grows them. Faced with a shrinking reviewer pool and rising AI efficiency, she takes a more human route: guiding early-career researchers with encouragement, mentorship, and feedback. Her belief? Good reviewers aren’t found, they’re made.
With over two decades of experience across scholarly publishing, EdTech, and enterprise platforms, Sureshkumar Parandhaman, VP – Publishing Solutions & Pre-Sales, brings the kind of strategic depth that turns vision into action.
Whether it’s AI, accessibility, integrity, or innovation, we’re helping publishing leaders turn complexity into competitive edge. Ready to explore what’s next?
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