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N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla P ublic perception of media rankings of education institutions
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan is cynical. Most people — especially academics and educators
(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, — tend to dismiss them as slapdash initiatives for generating
Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, Kirit Mehta, Balkishan
Sharma (Mumbai); Dr. Ramdas Pai (Manipal); advertising revenue. But it’s pertinent to note that academics
Prof. Geeta Kingdon (Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. and educators tend to know precious little about institutional
Parth Shah, Jeroninio Almeida (Delhi); Dr. Kannan
Gireesh (Chennai); Robindra Subba (Kurseong); development and brand building, even of schools, colleges and
Sanjeev Bolia (Kolkata); Dr. Achyuta Samanta universities that employ them. Nevertheless, it’s important to bear in mind
(Bhubaneswar); Shyama Thakore (London)
that establishing education institutions necessitates heavy investment in
EDITOR terms of finance, personnel, time and other resources. Planning, designing
Dilip Thakore and constructing a school or university campus is a scaled down version of
MANAGING EDITOR town planning.
Summiya Yasmeen Therefore after construction of every education institution, it is incumbent
CHIEF SUB-EDITOR upon the management to manage it efficiently, continuously improve infra-
Sundar Anand structure and service quality and transform it into a reputable brand. This is
Paromita Sengupta, Reshma Ravishanker, Gopi especially important since the prime objective of education institutions is to
Chand N, (Bangalore), Autar Nehru (Delhi) educate and develop children and youth — critically essential human capital
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