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Akshay Mangla is an Associate Professor at Saïd Business School and a Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, focusing on political economy and development with a regional expertise in South Asia. His book, 'Making Bureaucracy Work: Norms, Education, and Public Service Delivery in Rural India' (Cambridge University Press), explores how public agencies can effectively implement universal primary education. The book has received multiple awards and contributes significantly to understanding the role of bureaucracy in promoting inclusive development. He is also a faculty associate in the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Contemporary South Asian Studies Program in the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. Before joining Oxford, he was an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School, engaging in courses related to Business, Government, and the International Economy. Akshay holds a PhD in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MSc in Management Research from the University of Oxford, and a BS in Finance and BA in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests encompass interdisciplinary studies of governance and institutional reform in developing countries, with particular attention to educational initiatives and social inequality.
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