Tag Search: “higher education”
Can India reap the demographic dividend in higher education?
India’s population is going through a ‘demographic bulge’, with an increase in the proportion of the working age group and a decrease in that of dependents. In this article, Shivakumar Jolad computes ...
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Shivakumar Jolad
05 September, 2017
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Promoting excellence in higher education in India
Over the years, the entire system of higher education in India has relentlessly bled talent. In this article, Abhijit Banerjee, Professor of Economics at MIT, discusses why this is so, and what can be...
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Abhijit Banerjee
29 March, 2017
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Peer influence and human capital accumulation: Evidence from Delhi University colleges
College is an important milestone in life that is believed to develop several aspects of an individual's human capital, broadly defined to include both cognitive and socio-emotional traits. Consequen...
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Utteeyo Dasgupta
Subha Mani
Smriti Sharma
Saurabh Singhal
07 November, 2016
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I4I Panel Discussion: Two years of Modi government
In a panel discussion organised to mark the 4th anniversary of Ideas for India, Parikshit Ghosh (Member of the I4I Editorial Board & Associate Professor, Delhi School of Economics) moderates a discus...
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Pranab Bardhan
Parikshit Ghosh
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Mihir Sharma
29 August, 2016
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Is the policy focus shifting from school education to higher education in India?
The overall allocation for education has been reduced in the 2015-16 union budget, with an increase in allocation for higher education and decrease in allocation for school education. In this article...
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Ashish Bhardwaj
Anamika Srivastava
25 August, 2015
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Can we select the right peers in Indian education? Evidence from Kolkata
This project studies the effect of random dormitory assignment in a tertiary-level educational institution in India on subsequent academic achievements. The effects of peer-ability are around one-thir...
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Paul Frijters
31 December, 2014
- IGC Research on India
Study of the Regulatory and Operational Structure of the Higher Education Sector in India
Recent research has drawn attention to the massive demand for higher education that will be seen in the next decade in India. This underscores the need for capacity building, the need for private part...
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Parth J. Shah
23 February, 2014
- IGC Research on India
Public versus Private College Education in Developing Countries: Economic ans Social Implications in India
Tertiary education has fuelled the economic growth in India in recent times. This has in turn generated excess demand for a highly educated and skilled workforce.
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Sheetal Sekhri
01 April, 2012
- IGC Research on India