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4. IIT Madras’s 1960s Generation

  • Ajantha Subramanian
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The Caste of Merit
This chapter is in the book The Caste of Merit
© 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. The Colonial Career of Technical Knowledge 27
  5. 2. Building the IITs 58
  6. 3. Challenging Hierarchies of Value in Madras 81
  7. 4. IIT Madras’s 1960s Generation 115
  8. 5. Testing Merit 153
  9. 6. Contesting Reservation 204
  10. 7. Brand IIT 258
  11. Conclusion 315
  12. Notes 325
  13. Acknowledgments 357
  14. Index 363
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674243477-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. The Colonial Career of Technical Knowledge 27
  5. 2. Building the IITs 58
  6. 3. Challenging Hierarchies of Value in Madras 81
  7. 4. IIT Madras’s 1960s Generation 115
  8. 5. Testing Merit 153
  9. 6. Contesting Reservation 204
  10. 7. Brand IIT 258
  11. Conclusion 315
  12. Notes 325
  13. Acknowledgments 357
  14. Index 363
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