Monthly Archives: September 2009

Noida- Potential Knowledge City

I wish some of the Sibal’s plans for increasing access for education touches Noida too. I appeal to Sibal to get a central university with innovation as the mission for Noida too and to help setting up a grand library … Continue reading

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Sibal’s Dream: Free and Compulsory Quality Education

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill hopes to cover the 10 crore children between the ages of six and 14 who are out of school through a neighbourhood school. How will this neighbourhood schools look like? … Continue reading

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Destination India: The Factory of the Future

India is no more a sourcing destination for only software and BPO, pharmaceuticals, or textiles and leathers. India now also exports automobiles, auto parts, and more importantly components for major aerospace industry such as Airbus and Boeing. Dynamatic Technologies recently … Continue reading

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Education: Teaching and Teachers’ Qualification

Years ago during my Presidency College days, I had heard an anecdote about a professor in Calcutta. Prof Ladli Mohan Mitra was a very reputed professor of chemistry in one of colleges in Calcutta. He had a textbook on chemistry … Continue reading

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