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Implementing the Right to Education: creation of “knowdents”
(NORRAG, 2018)
This article describes the implementation
challenges of admissions and inclusion
of children from disadvantaged and
economically weaker sections mandated
under the Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education ...
The low politics of higher education: saffron branded neoliberalism and the assault on Indian universities
(Routledge, 2018)
Through an examination of recent events and controversies at
Indian universities, this article reflects on the neoliberal creep
taking over academia. The narrative connects the suicide note of
a Dalit caste doctoral ...
How effective are disability sensitization workshops?
(Emerald, 2018)
Purpose–Organizations are increasingly investing in disability-specific sensitization workshops. Yet, there is limited understanding about their hoped outcomes, that is, increased knowledge about disability-relatedissues ...
Inheritance law reform, empowerment, and human capital accumulation: second-generation effects from India
(Journal of Development Studies, 2018)
Although many studies point towards significant positive impacts of Hindu Succession Act (HSA) reforms on females’ empowerment and access to human and physical capital, the fact that this reform also led to increased female ...
Water ATMs of Indian Railways: Causing a silent revolution
(Sage, 2018)
The case discusses the red tape in the installation and operationalising of automatic water vending machines (AWVMs or popularly, water ATMs) in the railway stations on behalf of the Indian Railways (IR) from the perspectives ...
From bazaar to Big Bazaar: Environmental influences and service innovation in the evolution of retailing in India, c. 1850-2015
(Emerald, 2018)
Purpose – This paper aims to understand the factors affecting the evolution of retailing in India since the
mid-nineteenth century.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper compares the trajectories of four distinct ...
The four eras of “marketing” in twentieth century India
(Emerald, 2018)
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to understand the evolution of “marketing” in the public and
corporate discourse of twentieth-century India.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws its inferences from an ...
Mass migration from rural India: A restudy of Kunkeri village in Konkan, Maharashtra, 1961-1987-2017
(Sage, 2018)
This article examines a particular village—Kunkeri—in Konkan, Maharashtra, characterized by persistent mass outmigration for over five decades, by combining a field study in 2017 with detailed ethnographic and statistical ...
Stitching infrastructures to facilitate telemedicine for low-resource environments
(ACM, 2018)
Telemedicine can potentially transform healthcare delivery in
low-resource environments by enabling extension of medical knowledge to remote locations, thus enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the larger healthcare ...
Post-adoption experience of hybrid rice in India: farmers’ satisfaction and willingness to grow
(Agricultural Economics Research Association, 2018)
Through this study we try to understand the post-adoption experiences of hybrid rice technology of the Indian farmers and its influences on their level of satisfaction, as well as their willingness to continue with the use ...