While quota based and other affirmative action remains on the policy radar of nations faced with social inequalities, there is limited evidence informing policy choices at the national level. This paper estimates the mid-term impact of quota-based affirmative action in higher education (HE) in...

India and Israel officially established diplomatic relations in 1992. Since then they have collaborated on a host of development issues like agriculture, space research, information Technology etc. There has also been a large component of people-to-people interaction. Both nations have a large...

We present the first estimates of the effects of higher education investments on lower levels of schooling. Using the roll-out of elite public colleges in India, we show that investments in higher education increased educational attainment among school-age children. Private schools entered...

Higher education in India has expanded remarkably during the post-independence period, and more impressively during the last three to four decades, emerging as the second largest system in the world after China. However, the growth has not been even and, being unplanned, unregulated and market...

The paper explores the trend of supply of professional education institutions. The secondary data is analyzed to investigate the reasons for large number of vacant seats in professional colleges. The last two decades had witnessed unprecedented growth in institutes of higher education primarily...

India and Israel officially setup diplomatic relations in 1992. Since then they have collaborated on a host of development issues like agriculture, space research, information Technology etc. There has also been a large component of people-to-people interaction.Both nations have a large pool of...

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru once said: “If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman you educate a whole family. Women empowered means mother India empowered”. When women who contribute almost half of the population are empowered it will strengthen the national...

The paper explores need, challenges of privatization of higher education in India. The last two decades had witnessed unprecedented growth in institutes of higher education primarily due to private sector participation. The private sector has contributed significantly in increasing the gross...

Increasingly, Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) are using different signals in attracting students to enroll with them. In this study, we explore the signals sent by HEIs and determine through factor analysis that placements, brand name, and infrastructure act as the attractive signals that...

The paper evaluates the key issues for transformation of Indian higher education system. The proposed inputs for transformation have been derived from literature review. The downfall in quality of Indian higher education is evident from parameters of poor employability, poor international...