Author name: Vatsalya Srivastava

Vatsalya Srivastava is an Assistant Professor in the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat, Haryana.

India’s Degree Trap: Why Government Jobs Should Look Beyond College Degrees

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As global job markets shrink, students aspire to a life beyond what a low-income economy can offer, and AI reshapes the nature of work, India’s degree-obsessed system is due for a rethink. This piece proposes a radical change that will reduce the artificial demand fueling low-quality, overpriced institutions while giving students more practical fallback options. […]

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Farmer Unions and the Logic of Survival

Farm Acts 2020: Farmer Unions and the Logic of Survival

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The commentary around any policy change in our country, unfortunately, seems to boil down to who understands India better. The resulting discussion often devolves into adversarial claims about the ‘real vs. imagined’, with all sides, of course, claiming the real for themselves. Hence, this article intends to focus more on the drivers of the protests rather than forecasting the possible outcomes of the policy change.

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