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Kumar Vivek

World Bank
kumarvivek@worldbank.org

Kumar Vivek works with the World Bank Group’s Education Global Practice and is also an Education Technology Fellow for South Asia region. He works on analytical and lending activities on education and skill development, and his research interests span a range of issues at the intersection of technology use and education. Prior to his current role, Kumar worked with the Prime Minister's advisory office of the Government of India, and with a management consulting firm in the US and Mexico supporting Fortune 100 corporations. Kumar holds engineering and management degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, respectively.

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Posts by Kumar Vivek

Designing incentives for mid-level officials in India's public sector

In the Indian public education system, block/cluster resource persons are mid-level officials who are responsible for monitoring the performance of teachers. In this note, Vivek et al. discuss their e...

  • Notes from the Field

Integrating technology into education systems: Lessons from Jharkhand

Ideas to improve the performance of India’s school system, many of which involve the use of information and communication technology, have been proposed and implemented with varying degrees of succe...

  • Notes from the Field

Learning environment as third teacher? Evidence on the impact of school infrastructure

One of the ways to ensure education quality in schools is to create education facilities that are child-centred and provide a safe, inclusive, and effective learning environment for all. In this post,...

  • Perspectives