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Articles by Pushkar
Disputes over the trustworthiness of India’s state-run university rankings raise questions over quality assurance efforts, says Pushkar
The recent arrest of accreditation council members only underlines that competence of regulation is as much of an issue as its degree, says Pushkar
But domestic universities must also raise their game if the country is to become a major destination for international students, says Pushkar
A columnist has dared to voice the blasphemy that spending huge sums on higher education doesn’t always open new doors, writes Pushkar
The controversy over Dhankhar’s poor choice of words has overshadowed the wisdom of calling for poorer Indians to be better informed, says Pushkar
India’s surge in patent applications and awards resembles China’s pathway towards becoming a knowledge economy, says Pushkar
Many university graduates choose to remain unemployed rather than take a job they do not consider commensurate with their degrees, says Pushkar
Oversupply of poorly trained workers in some fields contrasts with undersupply in others. Universities and students need better information, says Pushkar
Despite their above-average employability, engineering students are hampered by poor-quality provision, says Pushkar
Amid languishing quality, introducing what could be a more expensive curriculum to deliver may not boost employability, says Pushkar
When the country embarks on recovery from its brutal second Covid wave, public spending on universities is unlikely to be a priority, says Pushkar
Government concern has not yielded concrete steps to address chronic faculty shortages and adjunctification, says Pushkar
System consolidation, regulatory simplification and undergraduate flexibility are positive steps, says Pushkar
India’s students have surprised many observers by standing up together to protest against injustice, says Pushkar
Whatever the romance, students and academics will not flock to a remote part of north-east India, says Pushkar
Rising default rates on education loans could signal trouble ahead, says Pushkar
Political efforts to silence academic critics are unlikely to end despite clarification that universities are not obliged to ban them, says Pushkar
A move to combat India’s love affair with predatory journals is an encouraging sign – even if it took a newspaper exposé to prompt it, says Pushkar
India’s downsized Institutes of Eminence programme has dashed the hopes of those keen to see an improvement in higher education quality, says Pushkar
The public sector has not expanded quickly enough to meet the demand for college degrees in India
The initial botched attempt to draw up a shortlist of institutions eligible for extra funding does not augur well, writes Pushkar
