Furqan Qamar and Ayalur Bakthavatsalam

Creating a culture of cohesion on campuses

April 27, 2023

It is a sad reality of our time that deaths by suicide on higher education campuses have become a rather frequent occurrence. Reportedly, during 2018-23, as many as 61 students died at Institutions of National Importance (INIs) alone: IITs (33), NITs (24) and IIMs (4). This block of five years...

Making education system approachable to all

March 18, 2023

The demand-supply mismatches do not necessarily get reflected by the pressure on prices alone. Depending on the type and form of the market, they get manifested in various kinds of aberrations and distortions. Take the case of the higher education market. It is characterised by numerous players with a large...

How healthy are the headline placements?

September 7, 2022

IIT Madras students get the highest offer of $250,000. IIT Kharagpur gets 2 students placed at Rs. 2 crores while 21 offers are of Rs. 1 crore. IIT Kanpur receives 21 offers above Rs. 1 crore. Attractive as they are, the media gets abuzz with such headline placements as placement...

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