Three books will be discussed An India For Everyone: A Path to Inclusive Development by Amarjeet Sinha (Noida: HarperCollins, 2013); Higher Education in India: In Search of Equality, Quality and Quantity Edited by Jandhyala B.G. Tilak (Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 2013); and Beyond Inclusion: The Practice of Equal Access in Indian Higher Education Edited by Satish Deshpande and Usha Zacharias (New Delhi: Routledge, 2013)

Panelists: Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat, former Chairman, UGC; Smt Pramila Balasundaram, Founder-Director, Samadhan, Centre for Human Resources; Prof. Vimla Ramachandran, NUEPA; and Ms Manisha Priyam, Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library;

Chair: Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission