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Ranking colleges and universi- events and venues much in advance
ties according to subjects/degree to be able to participate.
programmes greatly helps students Sukesh Mukherjee
choose the best college for academic KOLKATA
programmes of their choice.
Prem Khosla
GURUGRAM Well-deserved award
I AM IN complete awe of young
Veerangana Jhala who was profiled
Words of appreciation in your well-written ‘Young Achiev-
I AM A regular reader of Educa- ers’ column (EW May). All of seven,
tionWorld. Your May issue with its her presence of mind in alerting all
vibrant red cover looks absolutely the senior citizens of her building to
stunning! Such a welcome departure vacate while also switching off the
from the routine greens, blues and main electric supply is worthy of
blacks! The high-quality content great admiration. Her National Brav-
MAY 2023 as usual, was in line with your ery Award was well-deserved.
education mission, informative and Interestingly your article also
insightful. highlights the nuances of positive
Intelligent rankings Keep up the good work! parenting. Allowing children to stay
CONGRATULATIONS TO Educa- Dr. Sunayana Shinde close to their roots helps imbibe the
tionWorld for publishing yet another PUNE qualities of empathy and care, while
comprehensive higher education learning fire drill skills saves many
rankings issue (EW April and May). lives. This is a wake-up call to all par-
It has intelligently rated and ranked Admission rethink ents of growing children.
junior and undergrad colleges and I CAME ACROSS your impressive Kudos to the Jhalas!
universities across the country under magazine (EW May) while exploring Shyla Reddy
critical parameters of higher educa- a private science college for my son’s BENGALURU
tion excellence. admission. Congratulations to your
Our senior school students look team for the enormous effort they
forward to and benefit immensely in have put in to compile the elaborate Dividend illusion
making informed higher education higher education rankings. I FULLY AGREE with the views
choices after completing their higher I must admit that after running expressed in your Expert Comment
secondary education. Equally helpful through your league table of private article ‘Demographic dividend op-
are your Institution Profiles of top- multidisciplinary universities, we portunity & illusion’ (EW May). The
ranked foreign universities which had a second round of discussions author Rahul Singh rightly points
provide a wealth of information. with family members to rethink our out that reaping the demographic
Ajith Jacob, Principal preferences. dividend of the “world’s largest
Choice School, KOCHI Nalini Narayani workforce” is likely to prove an illu-
CHENNAI sion. India’s 1.4 billion population
is threatening to become a liability
Useful purpose if we don’t prioritise education. The
I RECENTLY subscribed to Educa- Missing information mean schooling years of Indians over
tionWorld and read Part I and Part I NOTICED A post on your social age 25 is dismal compared with their
II of your annual EW India Higher media handles a month ago about counterparts in China.
Education Rankings 2023-24 (EW the EducationWorld India Higher As the author highlights, we are
April and May) with great interest. Education Rankings Awards event clearly paying the price of faulty poli-
Congratulations to C fore and EW for which surprisingly did not provide cies of India’s first Prime Minister
conducting and publishing a thor- any information about the venue un- Jawaharlal Nehru and his succes-
ough higher education institutions til a week prior to the event. As a lec- sors who allocated maximum funds
rankings survey! turer in a private college, I was keen towards setting up higher education
In my opinion, the recently intro- to know the venue as the event would institutions while neglecting quality
duced rankings of Top 10 institutes have been an excellent opportunity primary education and healthcare.
for the most popular undergrad for educators like us to network. Chandrashekar Kageri
courses serve a very useful purpose. Hoping to hear about similar HUBBALLI

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