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expanding access to higher education.
“When a child moves to a neigh-
borhood with better schools or gets a
chance to attend a high-quality col-
lege, we see their lives transformed
relative to other comparable kids
who didn’t get the same chances,”
Chetty said. “Opportunity matters.
And education is one of the keys that
opens the doors of opportunity.”
He continued, “I am especially
honored to receive this degree from
an institution that is setting an ex-
ample for society to follow. My chal-
lenge to all of you is to build on this
example and make the world a better,
fairer place by using your education
physiotherapy and speech therapy, etc. to inspire and spread opportunity to
Desai started the VOSAP movement in 2014 from America with advo- those around you. Your success will be all of our success…. And I wish you
cacy efforts at policy level with Govt of India to bring in structural changes the very best of luck.”
such as new law – Rights of PwD Act 2016, Comprehensive Disability Policy, Chetty is the William A Ackman Professor of Public Economics at Har-
Accessible India Campaign etc. To accelerate adoption and implementation vard University. He is also the director of Opportunity Insights, which uses
of these structural changes, he started grassroots movement of compassionate “big data” to understand how we can give children from disadvantaged back-
volunteers, enabled by VOSAP digital tools. grounds better chances of succeeding. His work on topics ranging from tax
policy and unemployment insurance to education and affordable housing has
RAJ CHETTY been widely cited in academia, media outlets, and congressional testimony.

Economist named honorary Chetty received his PhD from Harvard University in 2003 and is one of the
youngest tenured professors in Harvard’s history. He has received numerous
awards for his research, including a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and
doctor by Wesleyan University the John Bates Clark medal, given to the economist under 40 whose work is
judged to have made the most significant contribution to the field.

enowned economist Raj Chetty was named an Honorary Doctor of
Humane Letters at Wesleyan’s 192nd Commencement ceremony. In To read more about Indian diaspora and Global Indians, log on to and follow
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disparity’s effect on social mobility, praising Wesleyan for being a leader in

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