2006 December 10 « Atanu Dey on India’s Development

Liberalize the Indian Education Sector

This is a true story. The faculty member involved emailed me yesterday. Scene: an IIT professor interviewing a potential candidate for PhD in a technical subject.
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December 10, 2006 Posted by Atanu | Bureaucracy, Economic Reforms, Education | 18 Comments

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