Talent and Meritocracy in China and India

February 2018 — Cambridge, MA

Democracy and Meritocracy

Presented By:
Ashutosh Varshney, Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences, Brown University; Director, Brown-India Initiative, Brown University

Meritocracy and China

Presented By:
Peter Bol, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, Harvard University; Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

Selection Mechanisms and Meritocracy in a Hierarchical and Unequal Society: Indian Higher Education

Presented By:
Devesh Kapur, Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of India; Madan Lal Sobti Associate Professor for the Study of Contemporary India, University of Pennsylvania; Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Elite Talent Serving Remote Locations: A Study of the Indian Administrative Services

Presented By:
Raj Choudhury, Assistant Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit, Harvard Business School

Measuring Excellence and Influence in Universities

Presented By:
William Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School;  T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University; Director, Harvard China Fund, Harvard University