Making India Great Again: Learning from Our History

ISBN-13: 9780367557928 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 300 str.

MEETA RAJIVLOCHAN

Opis

Learning from our History. There was never any shortage of innovation in India, but what was lacking was the ability to learn from their own experience. The book argues for building a learning ecosystem that could tap into the huge talent pool that India possesses.Please note TampF does not sell or distribute the Hardback in South Asia.

Spis treści

Introduction: What Prevents India from Becoming Rich Again 1. India: Rich in Resources 2. Information and Productivity: The Missing Link 3. Bankers Extraordinaire: The House of Jagat Seth 4. The Unsung Artisan 5. The Land of the Lotus Eaters 6. Improving the Learning Curve 7. The Way Forward

O autorze

Meeta Rajivlochan has held the charge of Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce, Government of India. She was also Secretary in the Department of Public Health and Department of Finance in Maharashtra. She facilitated the development of clinical guidelines for diagnosis that helped create a learning-based patient-centric model of health care that was adopted for the state health insurance scheme. Currently she is the Member Secretary in the National Commission for Women. She has written extensively on issues of public policy.
M. Rajivlochan is at the Department of History, Panjab University. His latest, with Meeta and Gurinder Kairon, is a biography of Sardar Partap Singh Kairon. He has authored books on agrarian distress, on Jal Swaraj and, on the social history of Chandigarh. He is on the Senate of the Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh and is a Member of the State Higher Education Council, Chandigarh.