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Articles by Saumen Chattopadhyay
A New Era for Indian Higher Education?
Critical Reflections on Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, as envisaged, seeks to overhaul the entire regulatory structure in Indian higher education and proposes one single regulatory body to be supported by three councils for regulation, accreditation, and standard-setting while keeping the funding issues out of its purview.
Markets in Focus: U.S. Stocks Surge, Inflation Eases, Fed Considers Rate Cuts
Date 7.15.2024 Read Time 5 minutes Potential factors include change in consumer behavior, continued inflationary concerns, and uncertainty with the upcoming election. Key Points Consumer spending behavior points to an unfavorable environment. The stock market continued to rise in Q2 2024, fueled by strong earnings and investor interest in artificial intelligence-related stocks.
Markets In Focus: Job Market Stays Hot, Inflation Moderates
Date 4.18.2024 Read Time 6 minutes Key Points Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed slightly in Q4 2023 but remained positive (3.2%). Consumer spending and supply-side expansion contributed to a stronger economic picture than initially thought. The stock market continued to rise in Q1 2024, fueled by strong earnings and investor interest in artificial intelligence-related stocks.
Markets In Focus: What A Difference A Year Makes
Date 1.16.2024 Read Time 5 minutes Key Points Unexpected Resilience: The U.S. economy defied recession fears in 2023 by achieving robust growth, exceeding market expectations, and steadying the labor market. Falling Inflation: Tightening by the Federal Reserve brought inflation down to a more manageable level, as Core PCE inflation declined significantly. Market Performance: Equity markets rallied in the fourth quarter, driven by optimism about interest rates and positive GDP growth.
Economic Outlook for 2024: Growth, Inflation and the Rate Cut Debate
Date 1.09.2024 Read Time 3 minutes We’ve encountered many tumultuous events in the last decade, from the pandemic to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These external forces have not only meant profound shifts in U.S. monetary policy, but Americans continue to feel the impact on our own wallets, especially from the battle with inflation. Yet we’ve sidestepped a deep recession that seemed imminent at times and remain cautiously optimistic about the future.
Asia University Rankings 2023: results announced
Browse the full Asia University Rankings 2023 results The number of South Asian universities in the top 200 of Times Higher Education’s Asia University Rankings has climbed to a five-year high, this year’s figures show. There are 32 universities from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka in the top 200 this year – a marked rise from 24 universities in 2022 and higher than pre-pandemic levels in 2019, when 25 institutions from South Asia made the cut.
Union Budget 2022–23 : Re-envisioning the Purpose and Delivery of Higher Education
The Union Budget 2022–23 has not foregrounded investment in the social sector to achieve higher growth, which could ensure dignity for the people in the long run. The impact of physical investment is direct and immediate on growth and arguably on employment generation.
Pandora Papers and Illicit Financial Flows : An Empirical Assessment of India’s Position
An Empirical Assessment of India’s Position Pandora Papers and Illicit Financial Flows The revelations of Pandora and other papers indicating extensive use by Indian entities of the international financial system and offshore corporate structures fit in well with the empirical findings of this article that large scale illicit financial flows have taken place through trade misinvoicing in India’s trade with 19 countries over 2000–18.
How senior financial advisors can transition clients to younger staff
(Photo: Shutterstock) The financial services industry continues to grapple with the issue of succession and the decline of advisor talent as a result of aging, retiring advisors and the scarcity of experienced advisors. Twenty-six percent of the advisors retiring in the next 10 years have no succession plan, according to Cerulli Associates.
National Education Policy, 2020 : An Uncertain Future for Indian Higher Education
An Uncertain Future for Indian Higher Education National Education Policy, 2020 The National Education Policy, 2020 unveiled finally seeks to usher in major structural reforms in higher education. Among many measures, revamping of the entire regulatory structure to construct a system based on enhancing students’ choice in opting for courses assumes critical significance. This has the potential to obliterate the concepts of time and space associated with a university.
Economic Survey 2019-20: Fictitious Narratives and Ignored Reality
by Saumen Chattopadhyay The Economic Survey 2019-20 (ES) which was tabled in Parliament the day before the Union Budget for 2020-21 was presented on February 1, was supposed to take stock of the Indian economy and give a vision for the future and a direction to the government for making policies.
3 of Our Favorite Parts of the New Carson Client Experience
Single sign-on isn’t rocket science in fintech. If anything it’s common and almost expected nowadays. But it’s the first thing we think about when we search for and build new technology at Carson. And here’s why. Single sign-on aligns with our focus to partner with the best-in-class technology that can deliver a stellar client experience. Other portals focus on the details and get into the weeds, going so far as to show clients how a specific security performed on a specific day at a specific time.
Saumen Chattopadhyay reviews Navigating the Labyrinth: Perspectives on India’s Higher Education by Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Higher education in India holds the key to inclusive growth and reaping the benefits of a demographic dividend India is arguably bestowed with. The much contested space in the emerging Indian landscape has been witness to conflicts and debates in the wake of reform measures mooted and being implemented by the government.
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