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Improving Education: What is to be taught up to 14 years?

Posted on August 20, 2009 by indra

I didn’t like rote learning. That was the main focus in education when I was a child. In the village school, some of the boys were very good in that, particularly with the arithmetic tables of different types. The teachers … Continue reading →

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Nitish’s Initiatives Need Punch

Posted on August 18, 2009 by indra

If I believe media, Nitish must be credited with many firsts initiated from Bihar, be it RTI on line, 50% reservation for women in panchayats, direct subsidy on diesel for farmers or huge employment of primary teachers. With stalwarts such … Continue reading →

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Human Development- necessity of grassroots approach

Posted on August 17, 2009 by indra

Human development is a basic necessity, and need not be only through formal education system. If I look back down the memory lane, I find many instances of informal human development. In my village, I had come across an old … Continue reading →

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Manmohan’s Promise Prism

Posted on August 15, 2009 by indra

Manmohan and his government are mesmerizing the people with the promises of reforms, performance, and unheard of targets since UPA began its second inning. With the last win, it knows who matters for them and how they must be kept … Continue reading →

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Higher Education: A Dream Super Knowledge City

Posted on August 12, 2009 by indra

August was never so hot. It’s blazing and suffocating with high temperature and horrible humidity. The media is busy creating panic for swine flu. My friend dropped going to movie. The government fails getting bad news of the Indian students … Continue reading →

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Higher Education: Benchmarks for IITs

Posted on August 11, 2009 by indra

Every policy maker, be it Manmohan or Montek, India baiter Amartya Sen or Jagdish Bhagwati, educationist Yaspal or Sam Pitroda wishes to use India’s demographic dividend to transform it into a global knowledge power. Sibal wishes to transform IITs into … Continue reading →

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Automobile Sector: Still A Potential Savior

Posted on August 6, 2009 by indra

So now Nanos are out on road. However, I have not seen one in Noida still. Perhaps either Noida or I myself is unlucky. I wish every individual user of Nano write about their experiences. It will be a great … Continue reading →

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Higher Education: My Views on Curricula

Posted on August 5, 2009 by indra

An acquaintance of mine, a former chief engineer of PWD, UP is setting up an educational enterprise that will have a school of management as well as a college of engineering in NCR. He has crossed the last hurdle and … Continue reading →

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Sreedharan and Metro

Posted on August 4, 2009 by indra

Perhaps the whole country was looking at the Delhi Metro project with pride. Sreedharan, the superannuated but still in action old man, was the hero. I kept on advising the government to search for many more Sreedharans to get rid … Continue reading →

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IITs: Depleting Brand

Posted on August 3, 2009 by indra

Very soon perhaps every state of the country will have an IIT and may be an IIM too, with establishment of IIT becoming a political decision. With this large a number it will be really difficult to maintain the brand … Continue reading →

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