Shailaja Neelakantan

GlobalPost

Shailaja Neelakantan covers India for GlobalPost. Neelakantan has been reporting from India since 2002, and she is the South Asia correspondent for the Washington, DC-based Chronicle of Higher Education. Her articles have also appeared in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, the Independent, Salon, Red Herring, Business 2.0 and Far Eastern Economic Review. She has degrees in politics and journalism from the University of Delhi and Columbia University in New York.

An education in terror

March 10, 2017Politics

The deadly attacks in Mumbai threaten the birth of South Asian University

Fewer Indian students look to US universities

March 10, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

Why Indians give to US universities

March 10, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

US universities court India for future growth

March 10, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

A crown jewel takes a beating

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

India’s doctor shortage: A ticking time bomb

March 10, 2017Lifestyle

In the “New India,” engineers rule. And earn more money.

Malaria: The view from India

March 10, 2017Politics

In India, malaria has become a hidden problem.

From Harvard law to one of India’s biggest fights

March 10, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

Meet Kapil Sibal, the country’s new education minister. Politician or the real deal?

India gives teachers a big raise

March 10, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

Good news for the country’s “dysfunctional” education system? Think again.

India’s new schtick: study mecca

March 10, 2017Business, Finance & Economics

China pulls in hundreds of thousands more foreign students than India, but Delhi has a plan