Need for an inclusive policy for development

Need for an inclusive policy for development
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Prof. Amitabh Kundu, a senior scholar with the Centre for the Study of Regional Development at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and Chairperson of the Post Sachar Evaluation Committee said that his panel has suggested a ‘Diversity Index’ which would be applied to all public and private establishments in India for putting the inclusive model of development into an institutional mode.

2 day national seminar on educational development of minorities inaugurated at MANUU

Hyderabad: Prof. Amitabh Kundu, a senior scholar with the Centre for the Study of Regional Development at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and Chairperson of the Post Sachar Evaluation Committee said that his panel has suggested a ‘Diversity Index’ which would be applied to all public and private establishments in India for putting the inclusive model of development into an institutional mode.

Underscoring the need for an inclusive policy framework for development, Prof. Kundu in his keynote address at the seminar on ‘Educational Development of Minorities-Policy Initiatives and Impact’ at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) said that the Kerala Model of Development has been appreciated across the board.

Prof. Amitabh Kundu delivering a speech at the seminar in Hyderabad on Tuesday

He expressed reservations over Gujarat Model of Development though, he added, it has celebrity actor like Amitabh Bachan as its ambassador. The two-day seminar was inaugurated on Tuesday. The symposium was organised by the Department of Political Science.

The inaugural session started with a brief introduction of the objectives of the seminar by Dr Kaneez Zehra, Head Department of Political Science. Dr Fazal Gafoor , President , Muslim Educational Society, Calicut , Kerala, in his speech as guest of honour, explained the Kerala Model of Inclusive Development and its success story. Dr Ghafoor credited the success of reservation policy of the Government of India and its proper implementation by various government agencies.

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