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THE VERY EDUCATION NEWS
EXTRAORDINARY DR. Uttarakhand: Legacy
C. RAJ KUMAR schools overdue initiative
Within 12 years since it Delhi: Patriotism
admitted its first batch curriculum gambit
of 112 students, the O.P.
Jindal Global University is Maharashtra: NEET
ranked among the global common cause
Top 750 in the QS World
University Rankings West Bengal:
2022. Credit for the Despondent centenary
unprecedented evolution
of this higher education Karnataka: Learning
institution is mainly loss nonchalance
due to its indefatigable
founding vice chancellor
24 IDEATING AN ALTERNATIVE
IMAGINATION
WURs routinely show that China has ten
universities in the Top 100 while India has
none. But there are dangers of imitating
China. India has higher levels of dissent and
60 that’s important — Shiv Visvanathan
IT CAPITAL’S SHOCKING “I EXPECT GREATER INVESTMENT IN
HIGHER EDUCATION”
DIGITAL EDUCATION DIVIDE Dr. (Prof.) S. Sadagopan, founding-director 68
Curiously, Bengaluru, of the Indian Institute of Information
acknowledged as India’s Silicon Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B), recently
Valley, seems to care little about retired from the institute after a long innings
education especially of the of 22 years
poor majority bypassed by the
garden city’s transformative
IT revolution. During the past 54 IN THIS ISSUE
18 months of the pandemic
lockdown, a majority of the Editorial 8 People 54
city’s children have had no PEOPLE
access to online education Mailbox 10
Aneesh Bangia International News 56
Saptarshi Baishya Education News 12 Special Report 60
26 Shekhar Mehta Education Notes 22 Interview 68
INDUS VALLEY WORLD Expert Comment 24
SCHOOL, KOLKATA Institution Profile 26 Books 70
IVWS has steadily improved Postscript 74
its reputation and is ranked Young Achievers 32 Special Partner’s Message:
#14 in Kolkata in the co-ed Digital Transformation
day schools category in the Cover Story 38 — Employee Productivity
EW India School Rankings Measurement 34
2020-21
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