Maharatna

This book critically analyses the historical evolution of ideas, perceptions, and principles on higher education and unravels a few of its interlinked aspects - quality, massification, privatization, and commercialization.

Arup Maharatna is currently Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor in Contemporary Studies at the Central University of Allahabad, India. Earlier, chronologically, he has been Professor of Economics at University of Burdwan, Professor of Population Studies at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and Professor of Social Sciences at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus. He completed master’s degree and Ph.D. in Population Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He also held a post under the Bell Post-Doctoral Fellowship programme at Harvard University, USA. He has authored four books.