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The phrase ‘talent identification’ is much maligned in India. In a country with a large student population and limited opportunities for mentoring, there is always a lot of demand for participation in any talent nurture programme. This aspiration of parents and students is also exploited by commercial entities peddling substandard alternatives to talent nurture. All these efforts work within an assumption that talent is an innate characteristic, which just needs timely identification and then systematic mentoring. On the other hand, defenders of social justice reject the very concept of talent as an elitist, exclusionary framework. We will take a middle view that, although talent is not an innate characteristic, early nurture of an individual imparts a set of skills, which are later mistaken for talent. This chapter tries to present a short overview of talent identification and talent nurture efforts over the last 50 years. It will give the reader a fair idea about types of programmes which have already populated the landscape, their strong points and shortcomings.
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Sule, A. (2019). Talent Identification and Talent Nurture: The Indian Story. In: Koul, R., Verma, G., Nargund-Joshi, V. (eds) Science Education in India. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9593-2_9
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