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Masai School: the Messiah for Tier 3 city learners?

Masai School: the Messiah for Tier 3 city learners?

February 08, 20242 mins

Masai School is the first Omidyar portfolio company I decided to look at after news broke of Omidyar Network exiting India. Masai is not the only outcome driven career school in India. Sure it is…

The other Nilekani

The other Nilekani

November 29, 20205 mins

Philanthropy’s changing gender? Philanthropy has been overwhelmingly male-driven because (obviously) it’s men who’ve accumulated enormous surplus of wealth across eras and industries. In the last 2…

Why OLPC failed

Why OLPC failed

October 09, 20207 mins

If you’ve heard of Nicholas Negroponte and MIT Media Lab, chances are you’ve also heard of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child). If Negroponte doesn’t ring a bell, here’s the briefest of introductions: an…

A phone is indeed not enough

A phone is indeed not enough

September 26, 20203 mins

If you are reading this article, you are probably witnessing (directly or indirectly) the Zoom’ification of the Indian classroom. While the Ubers and the Olas have come to a screetching halt, Byju’s…

More coaching less schooling

More coaching less schooling

May 22, 20161 mins

IITs to release 50 years of solved JEE Question Papers!! India’s Human Resources Department (akin to Department of Education in US and elsewhere) made this decision after consultation with the IITs…

John Cochrane's Mooconomics

John Cochrane's Mooconomics

February 11, 20144 mins

[Editor’s Note: After a long time, I’ve read a most EXCELLENT post on state of the state of moocs. The author is John Cochrane, professor at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He taught…

12 MOOC perspectives you may not have heard of

12 MOOC perspectives you may not have heard of

September 08, 201311 mins

[Editor’s Note: There are some who consider educational institutions to be the best examples of social enterprises. I’m not one of them. The reason why I periodically share education perspectives on…

Is the no-frills traveling MBA program (CREAM) working?

Is the no-frills traveling MBA program (CREAM) working?

August 31, 20134 mins

[Editor’s Note: In the early days of this blog (circa Apr 2011), I wrote about CREAM – a unique no frills traveling MBA program targeting rural and social entrepreneurs. Last month, I had a chance…

Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive Teams (Part 2)

Acara Summer Institute 2012 – Nine Impressive Teams (Part 2)

August 17, 20124 mins

[Editor’s Note: In late Jun 2012, I attended the final presentations of nine teams that made it to Acara Summer Institute 2012. Each team had 7 minutes of presentation followed by 7 minutes of…

A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneur

A development economist's journey to parallel social entrepreneur

July 24, 20125 mins

Pic: courtesy aspenideas.org [Editor’s Note: The publishing delay of this post is a deeply personal reminder on the need for an “editor” hat — even for a one-person blogging organization. A partial…