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Posted by on 5 April, 2008 in Primary
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  • Outsourcing: Higher-skilled jobs are the next step up from lower-value business process outsourcing and are known as Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO). A Times article features KPOs and discusses how they approach jobs such as legal outsourcing.
  • Health: In its latest budget, the Indian government outlines several plans for increasing health services in the country, including a National Rural Health Mission, National AIDS Control Programme, and a program for the elderly.
  • Literacy/Feature: A Times of India article highlights social entrepreneur Dr. Brij Kothari and “Same Language Subtitling,” a method used to improve literacy among adults and children. An impact study found that by watching a subtitled show 30 minutes a week, along with schooling, 56% of children were able to read paragraphs in Hindi, as opposed to the 25% who only went to school and were not exposed to subtitles.

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Shital Shah

Shital’s family immigrated from India when she was only four years old, but her heart and soul still remain there. She went on to graduate from Northwestern University and returned to India as an Indicorps fellow. She completed her Master of Public Administration from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, specializing in International Development. In the past few years, she has been involved with the Washington Leadership Program, InSPIRE (a summer program for South Asian youth), and internships with Acumen Fund, the UN, Oxfam International, the World Bank, and New Visions for Public Schools. She currently works on savings, technology, and mobile banking projects in South Asia with ShoreBank International.

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