| ID | 147875 |
| Title Proper | Engineering equality? education and im/mobility in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Upadhya, Carol |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article traces the intersections between higher education, social mobility, and the reproduction of inequalities in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India. It explores the social history, political economy, and culture of education in the region, and the formation of a dominant social imaginary that equates engineering degrees, IT jobs, and migration with social prestige and success. This aspirational culture has shaped mobility strategies across social classes, the educational regime, and government policies aimed at greater inclusion. But state interventions in engineering education have produced contradictory outcomes, creating paths of mobility for some social groups but new modes of marginalisation and immobility for others. |
| `In' analytical Note | Contemporary South Asia Vol. 24, No.3; Sep 2016: p.242-256 |
| Journal Source | Contemporary South Asia Vol: 24 No 3 |
| Key Words | Migration ; Social Mobility ; Coastal Andhra ; IT Jobs ; Engineering Degrees ; Commercialisation of Education ; NRIS |