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UK launches new visas open to Indian scientists, academics

The UK has launched new visas that will be open to overseas scientists and researchers, including Indians, to encourage the growth of the country's research sector

2 min read7 Jul 2018
Opinion

Architecture of world-class institutions

Knowledge creation and application of knowledge are two paths towards creating world-class institutions in India

4 min read13 Dec 2016
Education

Government to set up a depository to digitize education records

The move, announced in the Union budget, will enable companies to e-verify documents and also clamp down on education frauds

1 min read28 Oct 2016
Politics

Raghuram Rajan resumes academic role at Chicago Booth School

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan will teach international corporate finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business

2 min read19 Sep 2016
Opinion

Excellence at universities: Our elusive quest

The quest for excellence in higher education is long on words but short on substance

8 min read12 Aug 2016
Education

Gender gap remains wide in STEM

Only 28.4% of the world's researchers are women and in India, women comprise only 14% of the researchers

1 min read8 Mar 2016
Opinion

The world’s smartest bad investors

Hedge funds should look for academic talent in the fields of applied math and computer science instead of in economics departments and business schools

3 min read10 Dec 2015
Mint-lounge

The moral of the story

Anyone impressed by the extent to which Chinese mothers will go to get their children to do well knows nothing about the Tamilian Brahmin mother

2 min read24 May 2015
Companies

It’s hard to make ‘good’ decisions

Richard Thaler advocates using 'nudges' for good outcomes, or putting in place a choice architecture that induces people to take decisions that are 'good' for them

10 min read15 May 2015
Politics

Rahul Mukherjee | Balanced growth need of hour

The leading South Asian academic and policy wonk on 'the mother of all corruption' and why respecting secularism and poll reforms are pressing governance issues

8 min read26 Dec 2014
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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