symposium participants

• THE PROBLEM
  Posed by Mary E. John, Senior Fellow and Director, Centre for Women's Development Studies, Delhi

• REVISITING THE BASICS
  Satish Deshpande, Professor of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

• A PLEA  FOR LIBERAL EDUCATION
  Sudhanshu Bhushan, Professor and Head, Department of Higher and Professional Education, National University of Education Planning and Administration, Delhi

• COMMISSIONS, REPORTS, AND THE DIFFERENCE THEY MAKE
  Mary E. John, Senior Fellow and Director, Centre for Women's Development Studies Delhi; and Janaki Nair, Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University,  Delhi

• WHO PAYS THE BILLS?
  Supriya Chaudhuri, Professor and Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

• STUDENT MOVEMENTS IN THE TIME OF LIBERALIZATION
  Kavita Krishnan, former President, All India Students' Association, AISA; now Editor, 'Liberation', Delhi

• SEMESTERISATION AT GUNPOINT
  Mukul Mangalik, Ramjas College, University of Delhi

• LANGUAGE, EDUCATION AND POLITICAL EXISTENCE
  M. Madhava Prasad, Department of Cultural Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

• DISCIPLINES, INTER-DISCIPLINES AND LANGUAGES
  Parthama Banerjee, historian, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

• AN ALTERNATE FRAMEWORK
  Dinesh Abrol, scientist, NISTADS (National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies), Delhi

• A LOT TO LEARN 
  Apoorvanand, literary critic and columnist; Professor of Hindi, University of Delhi

• SIX DECADES OF REFORM EXPERIENCE 
  Furqan Qamar, Professor of Management, Jamia Millia Islamia; currently Vice Chancellor, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala. Also served as Adviser (Education) in the Planning Commission

• SOME REFLECTIONS
  Sunil Kumar, former Additional Secretary, Higher Education, MHRD, Government of India

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by A.R. Vasavi, J. Devika, N. Jayaram and Harsh Sethi

• FURTHER READING
  A select and relevant bibliography compiled by Centre for Women's Development Studies, Delhi 

• COMMENT
  Deconstructing the NAC by Ruchi Gupta, associated with MKSS (Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan) and NCPRI (National Campaign for People's Right to Information)

• IN MEMORIAM
  Mani Kaul, 1944-2011

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