Speaking at Patna University on October 14, prime minister Narendra Modi is reported as having voiced his dismay about none of India’s universities being ranked among the world’s Top 500. Actually, the PM was only voicing two views on the state of our higher education sector that are quite widely held in the country. The […]
Hitherto a voluntary service provided by women of the upper classes, nursing has morphed into a full-fledged healthcare professional vocation – Odeal D’Souza
Florence Nightingale aka the Lady with the Lamp (1820-1910), is widely remembered for tending to wounded soldiers during the Crimean War (1850-56) and introducing nursing education. Since then, nursing — hitherto a voluntary […]
I’m a science (statistics) graduate interested in pursuing a career in the insurance industry. I am currently preparing for the licentiate examination of the Insurance Institute of India and wish to know about study programmes offered by the Chartered Insurance Institute of London. — Navin Bajaj, Mumbai
With your statistics background, you might consider training to become […]
Exactly 18 years ago, this monthly magazine was modestly launched with a hugely ambitious objective: “to build the pressure of public opinion to make education the #1 item on the national agenda”. Almost two decades on, I must admit we are nowhere near achieving this objective. Looking back, it didn’t seem like a hugely ambitious […]
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