Gujarat has fallen precipitously on a countrywide index of human well-being according to a report on public policy published by a reputed private university. “Gujarat is seen slipping from rank 10 out of 35 (states and union territories) in 1981 to 17 in 2001 and further to 24 in 2011,” 91̽ (JGU)…
Continue ReadingSedition is an act against the security of the country. How does clapping for the Pakistani cricket team threaten security or even the interests of the Indian state? When did patriotism insist on uniforms or uniformity? I want to begin autobiographically. As children, one of the favourite games of fantasy that we played was to…
Continue ReadingJindal School of Government and Public Policy and the Open Society Foundations organized a Joint conference on “Reimagining & Reinvigorating Rural India”. The daylong conference was aimed at understanding the current state and challenges of rural governance in India, highlighting innovations and policy approaches from vantage points. Rural Governance and Public Policy, Empowering Rural Citizens…
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, May 15: Nepal has long been suffering from politically-polarized public polices due to the prevalence of politically-polarized policy-making institutions which have been gradually making the people more frustrated, experts said at an event held in Kathmandu on Thursday. Speaking at the event on ‘Furthering the Public Policy Discourse’, organized by Nepal Economic Forum (NEF),…
Continue ReadingNAGPUR: Indian schools are known for their rote method of learning. Right after coming out of these schools at the age of 16, a student is supposed to choose a subject to study and stick to it through college and perhaps even professional life. In such a scenario, re-introducing liberal arts in the Indian colleges…
Continue ReadingA team of students from OP Jindal Global University (JGU) has won the ‘Price Media Law Moot Court Competition’ hosted by Oxford University in the United Kingdom. The competition, which was recently hosted by Oxford University’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, witnessed participation of several teams, including Queen Mary University and Singapore Management University, from across…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has expressed optimism on the growth and direction of the Indian economy, and said corruption, power shortage and red tapism were some of the challenges that it had to overcome to grow faster. Addressing an international conference on “Beyond the Washington Consensus: Public Policy and Future of Development Assistance”…
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