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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 study documents and interprets different modes of a salutation, namely 'poothara (also puttara) thozhal / vandanam', across various styles of kalarippayattu, a traditional martial art and healing system, popular in the southern states of India.

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. 

This policy brief examines the potential role that India could play in global commons management while outlining the power credentials that allow her to shape norms of state behaviour in those commons. Inter alia, it makes a case for India to work with the major poles in the international system to repurpose the currently dormant UN Trusteeship Council to institute an effective collective governance mechanism for global commons management.

The right stepping generates a restraining bend in the dominantly left-lateral shear zone.