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THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE

Volume X X VI No.11

BOARD OF ADVISORS
N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla W
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan riting on this page a year ago, I recounted the genesis of this
(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, publication and the nation-building impulses that provoked
Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, Kirit Mehta, Balkishan
Sharma (Mumbai); Dr. Ramdas Pai (Manipal); the launch of EducationWorld with the mission to “build the
Prof. Geeta Kingdon (Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. pressure of public opinion to make education the #1 item on
Parth Shah, Dr. C. Raj Kumar (Delhi); Vivek Shukla
(Kolkata); Yogi Kochhar (Dharamshala); Shyama the national agenda”. I ended last year’s letter from the editor with a ringing
Thakore (London) call to “all publics to set aside pride and prejudice and make common cause
with us to vault education to the top of national priorities” because “the future
EDITOR
Dilip Thakore of Generation Next hangs in balance”.
Although a ringing call, I don’t think it resonated with any public, let alone
MANAGING EDITOR all publics. Since then, a steady stream of noble-intent initiatives and propos-
Summiya Yasmeen
als to take Indian education to the next level, have flooded the websites of the
CHIEF SUB-EDITOR Union education ministry and state governments. But all available reports
Sundar Anand such as the independent Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) and even
Paromita Sengupta, Reshma Ravishanker, Gopi several government reports — as also anecdotal information — indicate that
Chand N, (Bangalore), Autar Nehru (Delhi)
9868256512, Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata) landmark education reforms are being implemented at languid, unhurried
9836491981, Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai) pace.
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