Chinmaya HollaDoes anyone care for evidence?Thoughts on producing and using evidence3 min read·Mar 1, 2021----
Chinmaya HollaElections, Turncoats, WomenTrivedi Center for Political Data at Ashoka U is doing (g/G)od’s work by putting out election data for India that is quite detailed.2 min read·Jun 1, 2019----
Chinmaya HollaGood law destroys rule of lawThat’s how Lant Pritchett phrases expecting too much of your state agents — bureaucrats, police, tax collectors etc. You can see the talk…2 min read·May 31, 2019----
Chinmaya HollaThe case for legitimizing quacksGovernment of India recently tabled the National Medical Commission Bill in Parliament. People were suitably aghast at the provision in the…3 min read·Jan 16, 2018----
Chinmaya HollaAre parents justified in spending on low-cost private schools?In this paper, I explore the preference for private schools among parents in developing countries, foregoing the option of free schooling…9 min read·Nov 28, 2016----
Chinmaya HollaToo much noise — Designing Teacher Contracts for IndiaOne of the hardest problems in education is figuring out if a teacher is doing a good job or not. This lies at the center of debates on how…4 min read·Nov 14, 2016--1--1
Chinmaya HollaSkin in the Game —Tamil Nadu VersionI made a heat map showing the percentage of government school teachers in Tamil Nadu who send their kids to private schools. The data was…1 min read·Mar 13, 2016----
Chinmaya HollaSteering clear of ideological trapsI came across this persuasively argued piece in EPW which draws attention to the lack of granular data concerning private schools in India…4 min read·Feb 25, 2015----
Chinmaya HollaThe contradictions of anti-education reformers — US editionModeled Behavior has a brilliant article on the inherent contradictions of the anti-education reformers in the US.1 min read·Feb 9, 2015----
Chinmaya HollaThe Rabbit Hole of Too Much EvidenceI recently came across this fascinating argument by Gulzar Natarajan that we may be moving in the wrong direction with our RCT-ification of…2 min read·Feb 8, 2015----