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title: "A Well-Formed Mind"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "Dr. Shashi Tharoor"
resource_person_role: "Author, parliamentarian and former United Nations diplomat"
vertical: "policy"
module: "Key Reforms and Challenges"
lesson: "A Well-Formed Mind"
lesson_key: "a-well-formed-mind"
source: "curated"
source_channel: "TEDx Talks"
---
# A Well-Formed Mind: Highlights

**Resource person:** Dr. Shashi Tharoor - Author, parliamentarian and former United Nations diplomat

**Curated from:** TEDx Talks

1. 00:11 — India’s young population makes higher education capacity a national question.
2. 03:06 — Expansion addresses the number of learners who can enter higher education.
3. 03:53 — Equity asks which groups remain excluded or unable to continue.
4. 04:32 — Excellence and, from 05:21, employability extend the framework from access to quality and useful capability.
5. 08:23 — Enrolment ratios and attrition expose the learners lost before and during higher education.
6. 10:23 — Research and innovation require investment as well as habits of original thought.
7. 12:09 — A well-formed mind connects knowledge, asks productive questions and responds to unfamiliar problems.