The Aspiration Economy
Education, Employment, and the Narrowing Exit
$71.04
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2026
Summary
India has no shortage of ambition. Millions of young people study, compete, earn degrees and pursue better futures. Yet a difficult question remains: How effectively does the economy convert that aspiration into meaningful work, capability and economic independence?
In The Aspiration Economy, the second volume of The Pathways to India 2047, Sandeep Chavan examines the powerful relationship between education, social mobility and labour-market opportunity. Drawing on e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9788118220985 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 8118220982 |
| Author: | Sandeep Chavan |
| Publisher: | Chronicle Publications Pvt. Ltd. |
| Imprint: | Chronicle Publications Pvt. Ltd. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | The Pathways to India 2047 |
Critics Review
“The problem is not that too many people want a future. The problem is that too many people have learned to imagine the future through too few doors.”
- Sandeep Chavan, book epigraph
“Individual rationality does not guarantee collective resolution.”- Sandeep Chavan, The Aspiration Economy
“The safest future may not be one perfect pathway, but the capability to move among several viable pathways.”- Sandeep Chavan, The Aspiration Economy
Sandeep Chavan
Sandeep J. Chavan is an independent researcher, author, educator and mechanical engineer whose work spans education, human capability, organizational systems and national development. His industrial background and more than a decade of teaching mathematics and science inform his examination of the gap between credentials, practical capability and productive participation. Through The Pathways to India 2047, he investigates how individuals, institutions and economies can turn aspirations, constraints and opportunities into viable outcomes.
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