Pushkar | पुष्कर

Director @icggoa / write on India's #highered - All tweets are in personal capacity.

[Pushkar | पुष्कर @PushHigherEd]

Look forward to hosting Saurabh Mukherjea at @icggoa for a discussion on his new book "Breakpoint: The Crisis of the Middle Class and the Future of Work".

Join us on the evening of 5th June if you are in #Goa.

[Sabeer Bhatia @sabeer]

I’ve figured out India’s number one problem: false pride.

When a society becomes more interested in defending its image than fixing its problems, progress stops. Pride without self-reflection is not strength-it’s denial.

[Pushkar | पुष्कर @PushHigherEd]

6/6 If you are a young economist doing your PhD at Arizona State or British Columbia or Iowa State or the University of Virginia and would like to consider ghar wapasi, how would you read these numbers?

[Pushkar | पुष्कर @PushHigherEd]

1/6 Brain gain in #economics departments in India's public universities is high in some but zero in others. A survey of economics departments at select public universities reveal some interesting facts.

[Pushkar | पुष्कर @PushHigherEd]

5/6 What does this tell you about brain gain at India's public universities?

[Dr. Shama Mohamed @drshamamohd]

What happened to all the austerity measures, @Dev_Fadnavis?

Your PR drama did not even last for a week. After 1 day on a scooty, you are back to using dozens of vehicles in your convoy. Nobody takes PM @narendramodi’s words seriously, not even BJP leaders.

[Aunindyo Chakravarty @Aunindyo2023]

Did Nehru choose 'socialism' in 1947 when other options were open?

No. Back then even the USA (still driven by the New Deal) was 'socialist'. So was the UK.

And the blueprint of 'Nehruvian Socialism' was drafted by India's biggest capitalists.

Google Bombay Club.

[Aunindyo Chakravarty @Aunindyo2023]

A Singapore newsman once told me, when their govt wants to do something unpopular, it first plants a story in the papers and then issues an official denial.

This is followed by opinion makers calling for that policy to be implemented.

The govt then 'reluctantly' relents.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Massive hike in #petrol prices is a prime example of the failure of Congress-led UPA. This will put a burden of hundreds of crores on Guj.

[Pushkar | पुष्कर @PushHigherEd]

@sanjay_saigal @SunilIssar @CafeSSC Hi Sanjay! Long time!

[Gita Gopinath @GitaGopinath]

A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.

[Sidharth.M.P @sdhrthmp]

Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai were aristocrats... they were among the richest indians at the time... They could afford to do what they did...

They didn't have to bother about where the next meal came from..

[Mihir Vasavda @mihirsv]

Express Investigation:

A fund meant for India’s top athletes was used to upgrade sports facilities for bureaucrats - by bureaucrats.

🏊 Heated swimming pools
🎾 Tennis courts
🏸 Officers’ clubs
All funded through National Sports Development Fund (NSDF).
https://t.co/kZRYaLa6ug

[Pushkar | पुष्कर @PushHigherEd]

Very much enjoyed my chat with @HappymonJacob at @icggoa on India's foreign policy and international relations more broadly.

https://t.co/oiYJysDGiX

[Rituparna Patgiri @Rituparna37]

My first monograph and third book - Mobile Theatre of Assam: Counter-Public, Public Culture and Consumption is going to be out with Routledge in September 2026. This book project was awarded the Scholar-in-Residency award for 2026 by @icggoa

https://t.co/CzBz6iUMYU

[Anil B R @AnilKedlaya]

@badjourno The Governments have forgotten last mile connectivity. Maybe they assume that our houses are next to the metro station. It is very common in Bengaluru for the auto rickshaw drivers to demand ₹50 for a destination which is about 1 km from the metro.

[Deepa Ajaya Dahal @ddahal]

@badjourno Connectivity- I need riksha to reach main road from my home. Cross the heavy traffic road. Another riksha/auto for 3kms. Walk a congested signal. Reach Bus stand for shuttle to Gurgaon. Journey 1.5hr in lite traffic. In Gurgaon after bus another Riksha to wherever you work.