Category Archives: education

Aakash Still in Aakash

Posted on February 27, 2012 by indra

It happens with most of the government projects. And following the same practice, Aakash, the tablet, was launched. Print and digital media beamed Kapil Sibal’s beautiful face with Aakash in his hand lifted towards Aakash as a trophy won after … Continue reading →

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Indian Scientists: Hope for India

Posted on February 20, 2012 by indra

Forbes India March2, 2012 issue, ‘Enough about Aryabhata’ may be a pleasant and inspiring reading to technocrats in India. It tells that cutting edge science is coming back to India. The issue also profiles and refers to many Indian scientists … Continue reading →

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Education Today: Ramanujan and Premchand

Posted on February 17, 2012 by indra

Recent studies have found Indian students utterly inferior to the students from almost all countries. It was strange to find the Indians poorer in English and mathematics in comparison to even the Chinese. The Chinese have topped in that survey … Continue reading →

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‘Aakash’ Lost in Ministry Mess

Posted on February 12, 2012 by indra

It is unfortunate and shameful too. It is more so where it has become a conflict between the HRD ministry and IIT, Rajasthan. A country can develop its own indigenous advanced interceptor missile and successfully test it. It can compete … Continue reading →

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Will India’s Education Revolution Succeed?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by indra

Kanti Bajpai has written a wonderful article dealing with a need for bringing about ‘an education revolution’: “No country has transited from being poor and backward to being rich and developed without an education revolution.” We are hardly to wait … Continue reading →

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For Parents of School-going Children

Posted on January 23, 2012 by indra

It’s again the examination time, be it finals or entrance examinations. Examinees as well as guardians or parents are equally stressed. While the coaching centres including private tuition sector remain crowded, the schools appear deserted. Teachers have shifted to the … Continue reading →

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India’s R&D, Science and Mathematics

Posted on January 19, 2012 by indra

We had a lot of hope from Nilesh, the youngest son of my cousin Nirmal. He wasted a year in Kota taking coaching for getting into IITs and then took admission in a private engineering school near Agra. He has … Continue reading →

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India vs.China: R&D

Posted on January 13, 2012 by indra

The prime minister’s speech at Bhubaneswar at 99th India Science Congress made many revelations about the nation status on R&D after six plus decades of independence. As usual, I felt like compiling a data on India vs. China. The objective … Continue reading →

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Science, R&D and Prime Minister

Posted on January 10, 2012 by indra

A Prime Minister is really under strains and stresses, facing hundreds of problems of this most populous democracy on the globe. He can have an honest intention and so promises but can also expect to be excused for not keeping … Continue reading →

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My Dilemma with Bihar Story

Posted on December 28, 2011 by indra

I get excited with every good news report about Bihar or about someone from Bihar,be it a headline such as Bihar attaining the highest manufacturing growth in 2010-11 or Bihar readying for Rs 90,000 crore agriculture-road map. However, as usual … Continue reading →

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