The Indian Academic: An Elite in the Midst of Scarcity

Suma Chitnis

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1980, vol. 448, issue 1, 139-150

Abstract: Indian academics constitute the third largest academic community in the world. As university graduates in a country in which 70 percent of the population is illiterate, and as heirs to one of the most ancient traditions of learning, they are a highly privileged elite. As guardians of the intellectual and political formation of youth in one of the world's largest democracies and developing nations they hold a unique position of influence and power in the Third World. This paper describes the situation, the functioning, the satisfactions, and the frustrations of these academics in the context of development.

Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1177/000271628044800113

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