Dr. Rajesh Chakrabarti

Rajesh Chakrabarti, the Executive Director of Bharti Institute of Public Policy, is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the Indian School of Business. He has previously taught at Georgia Tech, USA, and University of Alberta, Canada and has held several visiting positions including at the ISI, Delhi, IIM, Calcutta, and the Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta. He has published in international research journals in Finance, Economics and International Business; has authored or edited six books, including the recent, Bihar Breakthrough and several book chapters; and is a columnist for Financial Express.

He is an alumnus of Presidency College Kolkata, and IIM Ahmedabad and earned his PhD in Management from the University of California at Los Angeles. When not shuttling between New Delhi and Mohali, Rajesh loves exploring the hills in his Mahindra Thar.

Abstract: Innovations in primary education and health sectors in Bihar during 2006-11

Creating a well-functioning health and education delivery mechanism at a state level is not an easy task. Some states in India have taken steps in this direction that others can learn from. During 2006-1011, Bihar, starting from a near-anarchical situation, brought about very significant changes in its primary education and health sectors though certain selected and effective innovations in governance. This paper describes these innovations and the changes in the major health and education indicators obtained over the period.