Contributor : Profile
Karan Singhal is currently working as a researcher at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad on topics in urban governance, education and early childhood, as part of an IIMA and UNICEF partnership. Previously, he led a project on understanding the impact of the '25% mandate' or Section 12(1)(c) provision of the Right to Education Act in Ahmedabad, and has also worked on issues related to inequality, budgetary expenditure, and gender. He studied economics at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum and Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune.
Posts by Karan Singhal
Low-tech and teacher support interventions during school closures
School closures during Covid-19 significantly impacted early childhood education, especially in households without sufficient parental engagement. Using data from households affiliated with Balwadis a...
-
Pooja Pandey
Avinash Reddy Pichhili
Aditya Narayan Rai
Karan Singhal
Nisha Pankaj Vernekar
03 April, 2023
- Articles
ग्रामीण भारत में गणित सीखने में लैंगिक अंतर
विकसित देशों में साक्ष्य के बढ़ते दायरे यह संकेत देते हैं कि गणित सीखने संबंधी परिणामों में महिलाओं के लिए प्रतिकूल स्थिति बनी रहती है और इसके संभावित कारण सामाजिक कारक, सांस्कृतिक मानदंड, शिक्षक पूर्...
-
Upasak Das
Karan Singhal
11 फ़रवरी, 2022
- लेख
Gender difference in mathematics learning in rural India
A growing body of evidence in developed countries has indicated that female disadvantage prevails and persists in mathematics learning outcomes, with the likely causes being social factors, cultural n...
-
Upasak Das
Karan Singhal
24 January, 2022
- Articles
कोविड-19: बिहार की सरकारी योजनाएँ कमजोर आबादी की सहायता कितने अच्छे से कर रहीं हैं?
कोविड-19 महामारी और उससे जुड़े लॉकडाउन का तत्काल प्रतिकूल प्रभाव ऐसे प्रवासी श्रमिकों और उनके परिवारों पर काफी अधिक देखा गया जिनकी अपने मूल गांवों में सरकारी योजनाओं तक पहुंचने की क्षमता अनिश्चित थी। ...
-
Advaita Rajendra
Ankur Sarin
Karan Singhal
13 अप्रैल, 2021
- फ़ील्ड् नोट
Covid-19: How well are government schemes supporting Bihar’s vulnerable populations?
The immediate adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdown was visibly greater for migrant workers and their households, whose ability to access government schemes in their villages...
-
Advaita Rajendra
Ankur Sarin
Karan Singhal
18 March, 2021
- Notes from the Field
‘Missing’ women in economics academia in India
Economics continues to be among the male-dominated disciplines in the US and Europe. Collating and analysing data from India on university faculty, research presentations at a major annual conference,...
-
Upasak Das
Ambrish Dongre
Karan Singhal
05 March, 2021
- Articles
आरटीई के 25% के अधिदेश के तहत विद्यालय के विकल्पों को समझना
शिक्षा का अधिकार अधिनियम की धारा 12 (1) (सी) के तहत गैर-अल्पसंख्यक दर्जे के निजी विद्यालयों द्वारा समाज के वंचित और कमजोर वर्गों के लिए कम से कम 25% सीट आरक्षित किया जाना अनिवार्य है। यह लेख अहमदाबाद ...
-
Ambrish Dongre
Ankur Sarin
Karan Singhal
29 अक्टूबर, 2019
- लेख
Understanding school choices under RTE’s 25% mandate
Section 12(1)(c) of the Right To Education Act mandates non-minority status private schools to reserve at least 25% seats for the disadvantaged and weaker sections of the society. This article analyse...
-
Ambrish Dongre
Ankur Sarin
Karan Singhal
16 September, 2019
- Articles
Barriers in accessing applications under RTE quota in Gujarat
In the school year 2017-18, Gujarat shifted from a paper-based system at the district level to an online system at the state level, for applications under the Right to Education Act. In this note, res...
-
Ambrish Dongre
Ishu Gupta
Ankur Sarin
Karan Singhal
Nisha Pankaj Vernekar
30 October, 2017
- Notes from the Field
Encountering deprivations in the field
Several women in India face domestic violence, are not allowed to work, and need to seek permission from husbands or in-laws to carry out basic tasks. In this note, Singhal and Vernekar share their e...
-
Karan Singhal
Nisha Pankaj Vernekar
07 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field