Category Archives: education

Smart Farming And Educational Institutions

Posted on October 24, 2008 by indra

I am not an agricultural engineer, a farmer or a scientist. However, I have my root in the villages of India that appears at this age pulling my mind to think about it. I keep on writing about my viewpoints … Continue reading →

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IITians’ Lust to Join Unscrupulous Gangs

Posted on October 23, 2008 by indra

Years ago while working for the HM projects at Pithampur near Indore and Vadodara, I had to work with Mukherji. Mukherji was a graduate from IIT, Kharagpur. He had done his MBA in finance and was working with IFC-Washington. He … Continue reading →

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Final Presidential Debate and Education

Posted on October 17, 2008 by indra

I got amazed with the concerns of US about the education in US. I liked the responses of the presidential candidates the best on the issue yesterday evening. It will be interesting for the people and politicians in India to … Continue reading →

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R&D- Some Priority Areas for India

Posted on October 17, 2008 by indra

Abdul Kalam, the former president, is the most visible and respected among the scientists and technocrats in India today. Some of the future tasks for the scientists and technocrat that Kalam suggested recently are: · Evolution of a Unified Field … Continue reading →

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Mobocracy Kills an IITian

Posted on September 24, 2008 by indra

I was shocked to read the news of the death of Lalit and that also here in US. He worked for me when I joined Harig Crankshafts, Noida as President after retiring from Hindustan Motors in 1997. Harig Crankshafts had … Continue reading →

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Noida: Sector 41 Lost a Library

Posted on September 12, 2008 by indra

In this era of knowledge, every community must house a good library with at least three clear sections serving children, students, and oldies. I have knowingly kept the adults out of it, as in whatever profession they are; they seem … Continue reading →

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Presidency College and its Eden Hindu Hostel

Posted on September 10, 2008 by indra

Last January I visited Eden Hindu Hostel and Presidency College with Shannon and Anand after many years. I spent two years 1955-57 here for my Intermediate Science. I can scrape through many sweet memories of those days. I met here … Continue reading →

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An Appeal to NRIs

Posted on September 6, 2008 by indra

I have an appeal for all those who had some education in India and are now settled or working in developed foreign countries. ·Buy one Indian small car- Hyundai i10, Maruti Suzuki’s A Star, Alto, or Tata’s Nano over and … Continue reading →

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Technology Takes over Teaching

Posted on September 5, 2008 by indra

“Guruur-Brahmaa Gurur-Vishnuh, Gurur-Devo Mahesgwarah, Gurureva Param Brahma” There can’t be a better thing to say about the teacher on this Teachers’ Day. Teacher is Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and Lord Parameshwara. But teaching as profession is undergoing transformation. On one hand … Continue reading →

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IITians Go Rural

Posted on September 2, 2008 by indra

On occasion of Pan-IIT meet in Chennai, many have talked and written about IITs and IITians that is really informative. IIT-Madras has, for example, recruited over 200 faculty of whom at least a third did their bachelor’s in one of … Continue reading →

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