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N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla t’s here! The biggest EW issue of the year. From the blank-eyed
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(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, 2007 when the annual Education India School Rankings (EWISR)
Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, Kirit Mehta, Balkishan
Sharma (Mumbai); Dr. Ramdas Pai (Manipal); survey was introduced, it has evolved into the largest, deepest and
Prof. Geeta Kingdon (Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. most comprehensive primary-secondary schools rating and rankings
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(Delhi); Dr. Kannan Gireesh (Chennai); Robindra survey worldwide.
Subba (Kurseong); Sanjeev Bolia (Kolkata); Dr. Unlike most surveys ranking education institutions which are conducted by
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EDITOR in India aggregates 1.4 million, selected jurors have little knowledge of the
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