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THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE

Volume X XIV No.11

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Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan years of uninterrupted publishing of a magazine is an exem-
(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, plary record, even if it sounds self-congratulatory. Yet it’s a
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Sharma (Mumbai); Dr. Ramdas Pai (Manipal); measure of our commitment to EducationWorld’s mission
Prof. Geeta Kingdon (Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. statement, viz, “to build the pressure of public opinion to
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(Delhi); Dr. Kannan Gireesh (Chennai); Robindra make education the #1 item on the national agenda” that come rain or shine,
Subba (Kurseong); Sanjeev Bolia (Kolkata); Dr. health or illness, we made sure we met the publication deadline, mostly
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