Cover Story
2016 has been a busy and exciting year in the education world and let us look into the major events that gave us hopes and despair. In the beginning of this year, Union Budget instigated mixed reactions in the education sector. Well, many people appreciated the efforts from the Finance Ministry to allocate Rs 72,394 crore in the education budge compared to Rs 68,963 crore allocated in the last year, for a large chunk of experts in the field, the Finance Minister's budget speech sounded more like a manifesto than budget. Although, it was an absolute delight to find education being listed among the "9 Pillars" of this year's budget, the budgetary allocation failed to create an image of education as one of the top priorities of this government. One example was the allocation of Rs. 1804 crore for skill development, which is insufficient, considering the large population youths in India and its demographic divide. On the flipside, the industry looked unsatisfied due to the...
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Engineering College of the Year 2016
HER Team
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Program Efficacy: Amrita University
HER Team
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Noida International University: Preparing for Global Challenges through Cross-Border Education
Sarath Shyam, Managing Editor, The Higher Education Review
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Management Education - Need For Innovation
Prof. Arya Kumar, Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi
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Training and Talent Development for Engineering Students
Prof. Gurucharan Singh, Vice President - Corporate Affairs & HR, Cambridge Group of Institutions, Bangalore
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Dynamics of Youth Population and Expenditure on Education in India
Dr. Joydeep Goswami, Dean of examination, JIMS
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Liberal Arts Education in India: The Past, Present and the Future
Mimi Roy, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities
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Diminishing Gender Gap in Higher Education: A Silent Revolution
Dr. Tanuj Nandan, Associate Professor and Head, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology
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Professional Public Educational Policy Making in India
Dr. Veera Gupta, Associate Professor, National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)