Tag: career planning

By Kavita Mehta and Namita Mehta, In India, the concepts of "higher education" and "career planning" are often conflated. Parents think of higher education choices as determinants of a child's career, expecting a clear and direct connection between what their child will study and what his or her career will be. This logic has worked for those pursuing careers in medicine and law; after all, who wants to engage a lawyer who didn't go to law school or a doctor who doesn't have a medical degree? Today, however, most higher education...