Development Seminar @ Brookings India | The Online Education Revolution and India
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Alex Tabarrok on Creative Disruptions in Education
Alex Tabarrok on Creative Disruptions in Education
Indian government's SWAYAM initiative
Discussion on Online Education Revolution in India
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View Prof. Tabarrok’s Presentation
Abstract: Online technology has the potential to revolutionise education bringing lower costs and greater access to millions. Online technology is also a fundamentally better way of teaching. New technologies will change the industrial organisation of education–how education is delivered, who produces it and how it is paid for. The cost disease does not apply to teaching online. Online technologies have special advantages for a developing nation such as India and give it the potential to increase educational quality far faster than using conventional techniques. Full paper can be found here.
Speaker Profile: Dr. Tabarrok is the Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and the co-founder of Marginal Revolution University, the leading provider of online education in the field of economics.
- Speaker: Prof. Alex T. Tabarrok (George Mason University, Virginia)
- Discussant: Sh. R. Subrahmanyam (Additional Secretary, Technical Education)
- Moderated by: Shamika Ravi, Senior Fellow, Brookings India
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Distinguished Fellow Rakesh Mohan (former deputy governor of the RBI) and Shamika Ravi (Senior Fellow, Brookings India) at the 1st Development Seminar on “Transporting India to the 2030s” on July 1, 2016
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CloseRakesh Mohan (former Executive Director for India to the IMF) speaks to the audience during the Development Seminar “Transporting India to the 2030s by Dr. Rakesh Mohan” on July 1, 2016
CloseDr. Subir Gokarn (Executive Director, IMF, and founding research director of Brookings India) at the Development Seminar on “Dr D. Subbarao on leading the RBI through 5 turbulent years” on August 5, 2016
CloseDr. D. Subbarao (Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India)
CloseSenior Fellow Shamika Ravi launches her report “Building Smart Cities in India” on August 19, 2016
CloseAmitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog, Government of India) launching Brookings India research paper “Building Smart Cities in India: Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam” on August 19, 2016
CloseShri Amitabh Kant (CEO NITI Aayog, Government of India) during the Development Seminar on smart cities at Brookings India on August 19, 2016
CloseDr. Rinku Murgai (Lead Economist, World Bank) presents a paper on “Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India” on November 2, 2016
ClosePanel including Shamika Ravi (Senior Fellow, Brookings India), during the Development Seminar “The Online Education Revolution and India” on February 17, 2017
CloseR. Subrahmanyam (Additional Secretary, Technical Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development) speaks of the government’s SWAYAM initiative, during the Development Seminar on February 17, 2017
CloseDr. Alex T. Tabarrok (George Mason University, Virginia) gives his talk on Disruptions due to Online Education at a Brookings India Development Seminar
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CloseShamika Ravi (Senior Fellow, Brookings India) and Prof. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) listen to Dr. Ajay Mathur (Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute) during the Development Seminar “Environmental Challenges in India” on January 20, 2017
CloseDr. Ajay Mathur (Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute) speaks during the Development Seminar “Environmental Challenges in India” on January 20, 2017
CloseProf. E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) engages with the audience during the Development Seminar “Environmental Challenges in India” on January 20, 2017
CloseProf. E. Somanathan (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) presents his work to the audience during the Development Seminar “Environmental Challenges in India” on January 20, 2017
CloseProfessor Shivaram Rajgopal (Columbia Business School) and Shamika Ravi (Senior Fellow, Brookings India), listen to Somasekhar Sundaresan (Advocate) during the Development Seminar “Corporate social responsibility in India: Law, implementation and evidence” on Dec 12, 2016
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CloseShamika Ravi (Senior Fellow, Brookings India) and Sumit Agarwal (Vice-Dean of Research, National University of Singapore) engage with the audience in the Development Seminar “Disguised Corruption: Evidence from Consumer Credit in China” on July 22, 2016
CloseBrookings India Senior Fellow Shamika Ravi with S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India
CloseBrookings India Senior Fellow Shamika Ravi introducing Prof. Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
CloseProf. Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, presenting his talk on “America’s Economic Anxiety”
CloseExecutive Director Harsha Vardhana Singh, Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh and Senior Fellow Shamika Ravi listen to Prof. Jonathan Morduch’s presentation
CloseDr. Neeraj Kaushal discusses immigration and its discontents
CloseDr. Neeraj Kaushal presents her work on Immigration and its Discontents
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The Development Seminars Series @ Brookings India is a platform for global scholars to present their work to a curated audience of senior government officials, politicians, journalists, academics and policy enthusiasts. The format of the seminars includes a senior researcher as a lead presenter and a government/industry expert to discuss the results and relevance within the Indian context. The fundamental focus of the seminar series is to draw research-based insights to shape and influence policy dialogues in India, through purposeful and pointed discussions.
Other Development Seminars
- Environmental challenges in India, with E. Somanathan
- Corporate social responsibility in India: Law, implementation and evidence, with Shivaram Rajgopal
- Pathways to reducing poverty and sharing prosperity in India, with Rinku Murgai
- Launch of paper ‘Building Smart Cities in India’, with Shamika Ravi and Amitabh Kant
- D. Subbarao on leading the RBI through 5 turbulent years
- Disguised corruption: Evidence from consumer credit in China, with Sumit Agarwal
- Transporting India to the 2030s by Rakesh Mohan
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