Ashish Dhawan

The writer is founder-chairman of Central Square Foundation, a founding member of Ashoka University

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Donald Trump’s crackdown on science gives India a great opportunitySubscriber Only

September 13,2025 07:06:06 AM

India must urgently attract global talent in critical technologies, especially at a time when external factors have created a glut of highly trained researchers seeking opportunities. If credible pathways are not offered soon, these scientists will be absorbed elsewhere

Sat, Sep 13, 2025

India can use the legal migration route to leverage its demographic dividendSubscriber Only

April 14,2025 07:19:47 AM

Government should set up an institutional framework to drive overseas employment, position India as a global talent hub

Thu, Apr 24, 2025

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Behind NEP’s success story, the real heroesSubscriber Only

February 01,2025 06:42:41 AM

NIPUN Bharat, through a focus on foundational learning, has transformed teaching-learning

Sat, Feb 01, 2025

India could not create mass prosperity. It’s not too lateSubscriber Only

November 04,2024 04:00:46 AM

The challenge must be met through high-productivity firms and factories

Mon, Nov 04, 2024

India’s $500 billion opportunity — and how not to lose itSubscriber Only

October 17,2024 07:54:16 AM

PM’s target for electronics manufacturing is ambitious. We must start by reforming regulatory environment in geographically limited areas, building thriving manufacturing regions

Thu, Oct 17, 2024

India’s first National Security Strategy document is being written and will propose accelerating domestic defence production (Representational Image)

In today’s tech-savvy times, the importance of combining shaastra (knowledge) with shastra (weapons)Subscriber Only

January 29,2024 07:15:33 AM

Our proposed National Security Strategy must target 10 Indian universities in the global top 100

Mon, Jan 29, 2024

With India crossing China’s population next year, how we can create mass prosperitySubscriber Only

December 22,2022 07:19:08 AM

Experience and evidence now firmly suggest the odds of mass prosperity in the planet’s most populous nation rise from possible to probable by anchoring our strategy in human capital and formal jobs rather than fiscal or monetary policy.

Tue, Jan 03, 2023

India’s growth story will stand, or slip, on the foundational skills it gives its childrenSubscriber Only

September 13,2019 00:13:30 AM

One of the severe consequences of having an uneducated workforce will be our inability to keep pace with the global economy. Without a strong learning foundation, there can be little or no improvement in higher education or skill development.

Fri, Sep 13, 2019