School of Social Sciences

The Doctoral Program of any country is the central pillar of higher education. The conspicuous absence of a well-thought-out doctoral program in India's national research policy has resulted in asymmetries in policies and practices related to research and development. The history of doctoral research in India presents a unique trajectory with a mixed influence of the colonial past and isolated efforts of genuine intellectuals who have thrived in an environment of deep motivation and passion that defined their research pursuits.

This article discusses the emergence of a pipeline between international schools in India and New Private Liberal Education Universities.  This development is interpreted as an elite response to the crises in higher education, providing fresh perspectives on relatively new categories of educational institutions. 

There is a persistent exclusion in NCERT textbooks of the Northeast from the socio-cultural and historical narratives around India