2012

 

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  • Chatterjee, Debashis (2012-07)
    The ethos of our current education system has let loose two social forces: eager acquisition and narrow competition. These forces are creating more consumers and fewer contributors in the education space. Economic prosperity ...
  • Abhoy K. Ojha; Dwarkaprasad Chakravarty (Sage Publications, 2012-07)
    With the bulk of India’s population residing in rural areas, access to quality primary education in non-urban areas is vital to unlock the country’s vast economic potential. Good primary education is likely to provide a ...
  • Krishna K. Ladha (Sage Publications, 2012-07)
    This article’s main concern is with the quality of education. It offers two games that highlight the proactive role the government could play for quality in higher education. It is a role that is different from what the ...
  • Arundhuti Gupta; M.V. Rajeev Gowda (Sage Publications, 2012-07)
    India has seen substantial improvement in access to education nationwide, but there are concerns about the quality of education and consequently, the employability of school and college graduates. Large numbers of India’s ...
  • Amitava Ghosh; Abhishek Chakraborty; Sourav Saha; Ambuj Mahanti (Sage Publications, 2012-07)
    In developing countries, education plays a very important role in maintaining the momentum of economic growth. In a country like India with a population of over a billion, one of the biggest challenges that the government ...
  • Mathew J. Manimala; Sudhir Kumar (Sage Publications, 2012-07)
    While small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are acknowledged by researchers and policy-makers alike as the major source of vitality in an economy, they are also found to be extremely vulnerable especially to the vagaries ...
  • Soumyanetra Munshi (Sage Publications, 2012-07)
    Rising levels of dowry often seem to be associated with increasing levels of education. In this article, we briefly survey some of the economic theories that have been put forward to explain the emergence, existence and ...
  • Gopalakrishnan, R. (Sage Publications, 2012-01)
    Transparency and accountability is crucial to sustainability of any system. Transparency of a governance structure is ensured if there are robust and reliable processes of information sharing. Accountability comes with ...
  • Kapil Sibal (Sage Publications, 2012-01)
    Institutions of higher education exist to contribute to the collective growth of the society by nurturing the creative genius of individuals. This may be achieved by striking a fine balance between gifting intellectual ...
  • Damodaran, A. (Sage Publications, 2012-01)
    A close reading of India’s Constitution indicates that the ideals of pluralism and diversity underpin our basic approach to environmental issues. All the same, the past record of environmental governance in the country ...
  • Balooni, Kulbhushan; Gangopadhyay, Kausik; Turakhia, Sudeep; Karthik, R.G. (Sage Publications, 2012-01)
    In this article, we raise sustainability issues in a targeted health initiative, namely the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. This unique health insurance initiative targets the poor population to address the iniquity in ...
  • Anup Sinha (Sage Publications, 2012-01)
    This article tries to demonstrate how the concept of sustainable development is fraught with tensions that are political and ethical in nature. In trying to implement any notion of sustainability the agenda for policy ...
  • Rajat M. Nag (Sage Publications, 2012-01)
    As developing Asia seeks to cement the gains from a decades-long economic boom and sustain its growth momentum, it will need to take bold action to address the plethora of governance challenges facing the region. Failure ...
  • Chatterjee, Debashis (SAGE Publications, 2012-01)
    I am proud to present to you the inaugural issue of IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review. A lot of introspection, debate and deliberation paved the way for the journal you are now holding in your hand. Given Indian ...