Many Indians are yet to accept health insurance as a financial tool for medical emergencies. They usually postpone investing in health insurance unless they are faced by a challenging situation. Though the Indian health insurance market has been witnessing growth, it lags behind other countries in t...
Dr. Debkishore Gupta, Consultant and Head of Department of Infection Prevention and Control, C.K. Birla Hospitals, spoke to BE’s Ellora De regarding the present condition of infectious diseases. Q. What are the main challenges in treating infectious diseases in the present scenario?A. The ma...
Unemployment is a major hurdle in India’s growth path. Reducing unemployment was an announced goal of the incumbent NDA government as it came to power. As per the Economic Survey (2015-16), the rate of unemployment has increased from 3.8% in 2011-12 to 5% in 2015-16. Only 6, 41,000 jobs were creat...
The Indian education system is focusing on quality education. But why are students going abroad for higher education?Piyali Maity (35), a resident of Kolkata, complains that every morning when she wakes up her nine year old daughter to get ready for school, she gets the same request – “Please wi...
The Neotia University (TNU) is a private university aiming to provide holistic education based on industry exposure. A.S. Kolaskar, Vice Chancellor, The Neotia University, spoke to BE’s Saptarshi Deb regarding the status of higher education in India and on the academic principles guiding TNU...
There had been a sea change in the demand pattern for a graduation degree in Economics and Commerce in this era of globalisation when the boundary of economic transactions is expanding with new features some of which had been unheard of even in the recent past. With capital account convertibility ec...
Nobody can deny that the education system in India needs a thorough overhaul and massive improvement. The rate of juvenile suicide in India is the highest in the world. And, this is largely among the children who go to school. Many of them are from well-to-do families, but some are from lower income...
Business expansion is an important part of the growth process of a developing country like India and cost accounting helps in expansion of businesses. The Institute of Cost Accountants of India has worked for the betterment of businesses in India. Sanjay Gupta is the present President of the institu...
Can India be an education hub of India? What will be the nature of education that India can provide? Where does India lags behind developed countries in the education sector? Why is India scoring poorly in research and development sector? These are some of the areas of education, Professor Suranjan ...
India holds an important place in the global education industry. The country has more than 1.5 million schools with over 260 million students enrolled and about 850 universities and 35,539 colleges. India has one of the largest higher education systems in the world. However, there is still a lot of ...