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THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MAGAZINE Editor

Volume X XII No.6

BOARD OF ADVISORS C ancelation of the class XII school-leaving exam by CBSE, CISCE
and most state examination boards in early June for fear of the
N.R. Narayana Murthy, H.V. Gowthama, Shukla
Bose, Dr. Glenn Christo, Dr. R. Natarajan Covid-19 contagion spreading in crowded examination halls,
(Bangalore); Adi Godrej, Dr. Augustine Pinto, has now confronted higher secondary students with the hurdle
Krishan Khanna, Guilherme Vaz, Ketan Gala, of getting admission into the most aptitudinally and aspiration-
Kirit Mehta, Balkishan Sharma (Mumbai); Dr.
Ramdas Pai (Manipal); Dr. Geeta Kingdon ally suitable undergrad study programme in the right college or
(Lucknow); Rajiv Desai, Dr. Parth Shah, Jeroninio university. Currently, according to University Grants Commission data, India
Almeida, Premchand Palety (Delhi); Dr. Kannan
Gireesh (Chennai); Robindra Subba (Kurseong); hosts 39,931 junior and undergraduate colleges, 979 universities and 10,000
Sanjeev Bolia (Kolkata); Dr. Achyuta Samanta standalone education institutions. At this juncture the country’s 10.4 million
(Bhubaneswar); Shyama Thakore (London)
higher secondary students are at a critical turning point and obliged to make
EDITOR perhaps the most important stream of study and college/university choice.
Dilip Thakore The annual EducationWorld India Higher Education Rankings (EWIHER)
MANAGING EDITOR were introduced in 2013 to enable higher secondary school-leavers to make
Summiya Yasmeen these important choices that will shape their careers and lives.
CHIEF SUB-EDITOR Last month (May) we ranked the country’s most admired private and
Sundar Anand government autonomous and non-autonomous arts, science and commerce
Paromita Sengupta, Reshma Ravishanker, Gopi colleges, and engineering colleges. This month’s follow-up issue ranks India’s
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9868256512, Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata) best private and government universities, Top 100 private B-schools and Top
9836491981, Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai) 10 institutes offering most popular degree courses.
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