Dr Prabhat Pankaj has over 21 years including four and half years as JRF/SRF of UGC (on qualifying NET). A post graduate in Econom- ics and a Ph.D. in applied Economics, he obtained first position in the University in graduation and a University Gold Medal in post gradu- ation. Apart from writing in newspapers and magazines including The Economic Times, he has published 26 research papers, 4 books, and several conference papers. higher education Dean: Dr. Prabhat Pankaj www.jaipuria.ac.in