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    - The vice-chairman of IIM Institute of Higher Education said that business school curricula in India have not kept pace with the rapidly changing Indian economy and remain focused on domestic issues rather than globalization. He noted a lack of core papers on globalization at some top schools and said curricula seem more like gestures than substantive reorientations. - There has been a decline in applicants to B-Schools in recent years due to high costs and longer payback periods for students taking loans. Schools will need to ensure financial viability and intellectual rigor to survive. - Setting up a proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research would bring transformative changes to the Indian education system through various new bills on

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    - The vice-chairman of IIM Institute of Higher Education said that business school curricula in India have not kept pace with the rapidly changing Indian economy and remain focused on domestic issues rather than globalization. He noted a lack of core papers on globalization at some top schools and said curricula seem more like gestures than substantive reorientations. - There has been a decline in applicants to B-Schools in recent years due to high costs and longer payback periods for students taking loans. Schools will need to ensure financial viability and intellectual rigor to survive. - Setting up a proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research would bring transformative changes to the Indian education system through various new bills on

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    - The vice-chairman of IIM Institute of Higher Education said that business school curricula in India have not kept pace with the rapidly changing Indian economy and remain focused on domestic issues rather than globalization. He noted a lack of core papers on globalization at some top schools and said curricula seem more like gestures than substantive reorientations. - There has been a decline in applicants to B-Schools in recent years due to high costs and longer payback periods for students taking loans. Schools will need to ensure financial viability and intellectual rigor to survive. - Setting up a proposed National Commission for Higher Education and Research would bring transformative changes to the Indian education system through various new bills on

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