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policyproposalsforindia.com is a continuously evolving research effort that aims to reach out to academics, researchers, media professionals and policy makers at all levels in government and corporate sectors of India. The website essentially focuses on some of the most challenging issues the country is facing, and at the same time offers concrete policy suggestions that can help them in achieving rational outcomes in their endeavours. It houses articles on topics as wide as public administration, strategic affairs, economy, social development, education, health, environment and science & technology.

	Notes From the Field: I have seen the Future of Healthcare With not enough doctors to provide traditional kinds of medical care in rural India, the article describes how with the help of technology, a single doctor is in effect overseeing the treatment of more than 500 patients per day.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Human trafficking in India Human trafficking, world's third largest illegal activity after smuggling of drugs and weapons, continues to thrive despite adequate legal provisions.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Migration in India - a cause of socio-ethnic friction In India, more people migrate due to lack of opportunities in their native place rather than a spirit of exploration, creating social problems in the region they move to.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Stop Reservations. Generate Opportunities For All Instead The reservation issue has more to do with the lack of opportunities for the students to pursue a career of their choice rather than social upliftment.
	Posted On : 2008-11-11

	Higher education in India – challenges and the road ahead India must revamp its higher education infrastructure if it has to emerge as a knowledge superpower in real sense.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Problems of Indian sports. No child's play. The government should withdraw itself from running sports at the senior level and focus on encouraging it at the grassroots.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Ragging in educational institutions: Need of the right approach Unless the fundamental issues related to ragging (hazing), ignored for a long time, are not addressed with the right spirit, all measures to curb this menace will fail. A lowdown on what needs to be done.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Organ transplantation in India – How to bridge the demand-supply gap India should adopt the Spanish system of “presumed consent” where everyone, post death, is considered a donor unless one has opted out of the process in his lifetime.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Using Microfinance to Bring Safe Drinking Water to Rural India The article describes how a unique tie-up between ACCESS Development Services and Hindustan Unilever Limited is providing low cost water purifier to people in rural areas.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Mobile Health for Development: Challenges and Opportunities The next few years pose both challenges and opportunities for developing countries like India to take advantage of mobile health to improve healthcare delivery at the bottom of the pyramid.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	A novel road map for population control in India “It is possible to stop world population growth in a very short time by financially rewarding poor young women to delay pregnancies. No other existing scheme can match the effectiveness of this approach.” – H K Gupta.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	A CNN for the Base of the Pyramid? Mobile phones and transmitting videos on phones is a great opportunity for advertising and communication. Channel 19 is moving in the right direction by enlisting BOP individuals to produce their own videos thereby creating a “CNN for the base of the pyramid.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Indian Education: Missing Markets, New Opportunities The role of the private sector in promoting education is a topic of considerable interest and discussion. Atanu Dey's series of blog posts on The Indian Education System make for good reading
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Foreign universities in India - Need of academic and administrative audit India should lay down specific guidelines for the foreign education service providers to maintain quality standards in higher education and to ensure the relevance of the courses offered by these institutions to the overall priorities of the country.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Bottom of the Pyramid Paradox: India's Sweatshops Despite labour and workplace safety laws, millions of factory workers in India continue to work in unsafe conditions due to corruption and the lack of proper enforcement mechanism.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Is it Ragging or 'Stockholm Syndrome' in our college campuses? An understanding of the destructive psychology behind ragging is critical to the efforts by the government agencies and educational institutions to eliminate the menace.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Quality Assurance in Higher Education Radical changes are required to ensure that India becomes a global player in higher education in this era of liberalisation and globalisation.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	National Rural Employment Guarantee Act - A review Unless the scheme successfully generates productive assets in the rural areas, it will fail to meet its objectives. An analysis of the challenges and their possible solutions.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Healthcare and India's Low Income Market Affordability, availability and quality are the three challenges when it comes to providing healthcare for the poor. Innovative methods, involving public-private partnership, are essential for an effective and viable solution to these issues.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	The University Examination System - Whose Failure Is It Anyway? The age old stereotyped examination system in our country is fast deteriorating the academic atmosphere in the campus. The article discusses some urgent measures to stem the rot.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Revamping Indian higher education for the global environment The articles dwells on some of the important reforms needed to uplift the standard of the education system in India and making it competitive world-wide.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

	Promoting human rights movement through institutions of higher education The higher education institutions can play a pivotal role in generating awareness as well as strengthening the human rights movement in the country.
	Posted On : 2010-02-19

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