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Higher Education in India: A Data Compendium

by Laveesh Bhandari, Sumita Kale & Chandra Shekhar Mehra
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9789383166336
  • Binding: Hardcover
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  • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
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  • Pages: 344
  • Original Price: INR 950.0
  • Language: English
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  • Item Weight: 1000 grams
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Higher Education In India: A Data Compendium attempts to put together the latest available information on higher education in India at a single location. While higher education is an extremely dynamic segment in India’s education sector, yet a host of issues related to a lack of a good and comprehensive monitoring system have prevented the regular publishing of data on this sector. Data does exist, but it tends to be infrequently published, dated, not comparable and many times of poor quality. Laveesh Bhandari, with Sumita Kale and Chandra Shekhar Mehra present here the most appropriate data that is credible, from government or associated data sources. This compendium of data simplifies for the reader, the gamut of issues that must be kept in mind, before interpreting the data on higher education. This book will be of immense use and interest to educationists, policy-makers and student of varied disciplines including economics and demographics.

Laveesh Bhandari is the Director and Chief Economist of Indicus Foundation. He has studied in Boston, worked for Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Delhi. A well-known commentator on all facets of the economy, he has authored and co-authored numerous publications on socio-economic development, health, education, poverty, inequality, etc. His work on the performance of states and districts with Bibek Debroy and other co-authors is referred to widely. He writes frequently for mainstream newspapers – Business Standard, Economic Times, India Today, etc.

Sumita Kale is a financial and macro-economist. She works extensively on financial inclusion as well as tracking the Indian economy. Sumita Kale has an MPhil in Economics of Developing Countries from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pune. She has worked at various reputed institutions such as Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, National Insurance Academy, and the Department of Economics, University of Pune.

Chander Shekhar is an applied economist with interest and experience in research in the field of education and labour. Chander Shekhar has contributed and co-authored reports for different agencies of the United Nations, the recent one has been the ‘Estimating the Number of Out of Children: India Case Study’, by UNESCO Institute of Statistics and UNICEF. Chander Shekhar has completed masters in economics.

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