Browsing by Author "Dongre, Ambrish"

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    • Education technology in school education: a gender perspective 

      Gupta, Chanchal; Sikdar, Shweta (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
      There is a myriad of literature and studies undertaken to assess the use of technology in education, in both developing and developed nations. It is well recognized that technological intervention in education help address ...

    • Enhancing K-12 learning by introducing experiential learning techniques 

      Kumar, Abhishek; Singh, Kuldeep (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2019)
      The project work brings out various elements of experiential learning in K-12 education system. The purpose of the study was to understand Indian context with respect to operationalization of different ways of experiential ...

    • Fee regulation of private schools across different states in India 

      V., Ponmathi; S.P., Shankar; E., Swathy (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018)
      Education plays a central role, as it has a crosscutting impact on all aspects of one’s life. It is a vital investment not only for one’s personal development, but also for the nation’s economic development. A sound education ...

    • Gramiksha: holistic education through youth mobilization 

      Dutta, Saugata (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)
      India is among the ten fastest developing economies in the world yet at the same time has 33% of the world's uneducated people. With 40 percent of its populace under 18 – India is currently going up against the risks of ...

    • Impact of private tutoring on learning levels: evidence from India 

      Dongre, Ambrish; Tewary, Vibhu (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2014-03-07)
      Despite widespread and substantial private expenditure on private coaching outside the formal school system in many developing countries, not much is known about their effects on learning outcomes. The main challenge in ...

    • Implementation of section 12(1)(c) of the right to education act 

      Sarin, Ankur; Dongre, Ambrish; Khanghta, Praveen; Varshney, Nishank; Gaur, Akriti; Sengai, Ajey (Economic and Political Weekly, 2018-02)
      Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education Act mandates non-minority private unaided schools to keep aside at least 25% of their entry-level seats for children belonging to disadvantaged sections to create a more integrated ...

    • “Missing” women in economics academia in India 

      Dongre, Ambrish; Singhal, Karan; Das, Upasak (Taylor & Francis, 2024-05-15)
      Existing literature has established that a diverse workforce is more creative and productive, with academia being no exception. Research on gender diversity in academia, especially economics academia so far has focused on ...

    • Pain without gain?: impact of school rationalisation in India 

      Dongre, Ambrish; Tewary, Vibhu (International Journal of Educational Development, 2020)
      Alarmed by declining enrolment in government schools and potentially adverse academic, administrative and fiscal consequences associated with it, policy makers in India have initiated experimenting with closure of government ...

    • A study of the nursery admission policies of private schools in Delhi 

      Aayush; Sridhar, L. Shyam (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)
      The project aims to study the admission policies laid down by the private schools in Delhi for admission to nursery and identify unfair and unreasonable – as defined by the Directorate of Education, Delhi (DoE) and upheld ...

    • Too much care private healthcare sector and caesarean sections in India 

      Mitul, Surana; Dongre, Ambrish (The Sameeksha Trust, 2020-08-29)
      In the context of India where public expenditure on healthcare is low, the private sector plays an important role in delivering healthcare during childbirth. An analysis of the latest round of National Family Health Survey ...

    • Too much care? private health care sector and surgical interventions during childbirth in India 

      Surana, Mitul; Dongre, Ambrish (IIM Ahmedabad, 2018-11)
      This paper evaluates the role of the private sector in performing one of the common surgical interventions, i.e. caesarean sections during childbirth in India. We use the latest round of National Family Health Survey to ...

    • Understanding relationship between student’s background characteristics and their dropout rates 

      Agarwal, Akshat; Lakhmani, Piyush (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2020)
      India has been rapidly changing in which inclusive, high-quality education is of utmost importance for its future prosperity. It has the largest youth population in the world—a whopping 700 million young people under the ...