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N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla ince the annual EducationWorld India School Rankings were
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan launched in 2007, they have evolved into the world’s — yes,
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Prof. Geeta Kingdon (Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. calculated indifference and resentment. Even though EW was
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(Bhubaneswar); Yogi Kochhar (Dharamshala); and secretaries within the ministry has responded to numerous requests for
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interview. Presumably because ab initio we have been consistently highlight-
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