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"Great organisations recruit brilliantly" Article by S. Giridhar

Knowing how to hire the right people has a direct bearing on workplace culture and institutional DNA.

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"Need `Schooling for All’ – But Indian Middle-Class is not convinced" By V Santhakumar, Economics in Action Blog , March 2018

I got an opportunity to interact with a set of undergraduate students when Shashank, a colleague in the university, invited me to take a guest lecture in his course on `school and society’. 

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Adam Smith on the Philosophy and Provision of Education By Alex M. Thomas, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, November 2017

This article examines the views of Adam Smith on the philosophy and provision of education.

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Research needs public support to prosper by Anurag Behar, Livemint, October 2017

India cannot progress to its potential of building a good society without high-quality research

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Long-run trends in rural wages by Amit Basole, Livemint, October 2017

The collapse and stagnation of rural wages over the past few years deserves a closer look than it has received thus far

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Political situation in South Africa, Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela: A View from India by V. Santhakumar, Economics in Action, October 2017

My essays often discuss the economic and social under-development in India and the lessons that the country may learn from others. For a change, let me focus on another issue in this essay.

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Teachers deserve trust and support by Anurag Behar, Livemint, October 2017

Teachers need trust and support, because their role is creative, complex and challenging

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Evolution of Cluster-level monthly meetings as a Forum for Continuous Professional Development of Teachers

This paper aims to describe and analyse experiences in four clusters of Uttarakhand  where sustained efforts of the CRCCs, teachers and members of the Foundation have revitalised cluster-level monthly meetings and created a teacher-owned space for academic dialogue.

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Book Review: Jean Drèze’s 'Sense And Solidarity: Jholawala Economics for Everyone', Rightly Underscores Ethics And Social Norms by Alex Thomas, October 2017

Jean Drèze is a familiar name for social science students and researchers. His contributions unarguably have helped improve the state of social programmes in India and have motivated several students to take up social research.

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Book Review: R. Srivatsan. 2015. Seva, Saviour and State: Caste Politics, Tribal Welfare and Capitalist Development by Malini Bhattacharjee, October 2017

R. Srivatsan. 2015. Seva, Saviour and State: Caste Politics, Tribal Welfare and Capitalist Development. New Delhi: Routledge. xiv + 198 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. `695 (hardback). DOI: 10.1177/0069966717713408

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The relevance of regional language in teaching by Anurag Behar, September 2017

In teaching, the default medium of instruction should be the large regional language

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Reforms in teacher preparation: Have we missed the bus? by Manjunath S V., September 2017

Assessing the scenario of pre-service teacher education in Karnataka post-2014 reforms

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