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Inequalities in Early Childhood Education in India

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Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 05:00pm, ET

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CGIS South S153

Evidence on how exposure to early childhood education (ECE) has a sustained effect on Human Capital is inconclusive, particularly in low and middle income countries. This study examines two specific issues in the context of India: (a) to analyse the regional and socioeconomic inequalities in access to and investment in early childhood education and how a household’s socioeconomic position explains such inequalities, (b) to estimate the effect of exposure to early childhood education on children’s later learning outcomes, and how the type and duration of such exposure impact differently.

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Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Kenneth Juster – How China is Reshaping U.S.-India Relations and the Quad

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Wed, Nov 1, 2023 from 12:00pm — 01:15pm, ET

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CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room
1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA

Kenneth I. Juster, AB ’76, MPP ’79, JD ’79, served as the U.S. Ambassador to India from 2017 to 2021.  He will discuss how China’s actions are reshaping India’s relationship with the United States and affecting the development of the Quad.

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The Origin of the University in India and Its Global Impact

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Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 05:00pm, ET

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CGIS South, Room S153

For a period of 1800 years from 600 BCE to 1200 CE, India dominated global higher education, with at least seven major centers – Taxila, Nalanda, Valabhi, Vikramshila, Odantapuri, Jagaddala, and Somapura, spanning the breadth of the Indian […]

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The Indian Supreme Court at 75: Protecting Rights, Expanding Freedoms, & Empowering Citizens

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Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 12:15pm, ET

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WCC1010, Harvard Law School

Please join the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession for a lecture by Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, an eminent jurist, politician, visible media personality, well-known columnist, author, thinker, and commentator. Dr. Singhvi is a Member of India’s Parliament (third-term), the senior most National Spokesperson of the Congress Party and the youngest designated Senior Advocate […]

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Public Talk with Chief Justice Dhananjay Y. Chandrachud

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Sat, Oct 21, 2023 from 04:30pm — 06:00pm, ET

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WCC 1019, Harvard Law School

Please join the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession for a conversation between D. Y. Chandrachud, chief justice of India’s Supreme Court, and David B. Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Center on the Legal Profession, on the state of the legal profession and the role of the judiciary in India and around the world.

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Book Talk with Lila Bhan and Siddharth Kak

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Fri, Oct 20, 2023 from 11:00am — 12:00pm, ET

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Online on Zoom

The Mittal Institute brings to you a book discussion on ‘Love, Exile, Redemption: The Saga of Kashmir’s Last Pandit Prime Minister and his English Wife’ with authors Lila Bhan and Siddharth Kak, and moderated by Natasha Warikoo, Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Tufts University. CLICK TO WATCH THE EVENT! Date and […]

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