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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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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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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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Higher Education: Sibal Must Prioritize

Posted on July 29, 2009 by indra

In general, almost every one, the friends as well as foes is appreciative of the numerous radical reforms Sibal wishes to bring in education sector. However, some of them must move fast on priority. As many perceive, ‘the vast majority … Continue reading →

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Education: Sibal’s Priorities and Rural Education

Posted on July 24, 2009 by indra

Sibal has too many reforms on his platter. He has started well and has already pushed the right of education bill through Rajya Sabha out. But will it substantially improve the number of students going to the schools or the … Continue reading →

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Golu: Victim of Distorted Democracy

Posted on July 21, 2009 by indra

Golu was with me on Sunday. He has already entered IIT, Delhi. His story is good enough to start a rebellion. At least, it makes me a rebel at this age of 70. I read about the ill-effects of reservations … Continue reading →

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School Education: Make It Attractive

Posted on July 17, 2009 by indra

The main task for the education managers will be to correct and create conducive conditions in rural India on priority for universalizing education. Many times, it appears as a hopeless lost case with irresponsible teachers and the corrupt state bureaucracy … Continue reading →

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Education: Autonomy, Sibal, and Suicide News from IIT

Posted on July 16, 2009 by indra

This was a bad morning. I went through a bad news from my IIT, Kharagpur on the website of Telegraph, Kolkata. “Yogendra Kumar Singh, 18, a resident of Noida, a first-year student of IIT Kharagpur, committed suicide. According to the … Continue reading →

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Higher education: Shining or Messy

Posted on July 10, 2009 by indra

Many times I get greatly impressed while glancing through the newspapers and magazines. Many private educational institutes and universities for higher education are spending huge money on ads. Quite a few such as Amity go for full-page ads. News magazines … Continue reading →

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Education’s Trauma- My Experience

Posted on July 8, 2009 by indra

Education, sometimes, becomes a trauma for a student as well as parents. The student doesn’t get interest in the subject taught. The student hardly learns the subject. Mostly it is because of the way subject is taught. But the student … Continue reading →

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