Category Archives: education

Presidency University, Kolkata: My Views

Posted on August 12, 2010 by indra

I keep on hearing and reading about Presidency College getting university status. But perhaps still it will take many years to get it materialized. If the leftists would not have come in the way, the institutions would have become a … Continue reading →

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Education in Rural Region: Some Additional Thoughts

Posted on May 27, 2010 by indra

In many of the rural schools such as the one in the photograph in my earlier entry, there is plenty of land to be converted into playground or to develop a good enough nursery to improve the ambiance to make … Continue reading →

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IIT Day Again

Posted on May 26, 2010 by indra

And the day would have been one of celebration in thousands of families in India. The result of the entrance examination for IITs has appeared on the website. IIT-JEE over years has become a symbol of the excellence of education … Continue reading →

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Education in Rural Region

Posted on May 24, 2010 by indra

While the wide media coverage of the battle between Nitish vs. Narendra was the cause of morose for many, I had some reason to keep my hope of developmental politics alive. I kept on hearing about Nitish Kumar visiting schools … Continue reading →

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Can India Inc Educate Deprived India?

Posted on May 19, 2010 by indra

I go back to my school days in Birlapur. Our school, Birlapur Vidyalaya, was in the factory campus and Birla Jute Manufacturing Company (presently known as Birla Corporation) financed it. The company had a scheme for the educating the children … Continue reading →

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Hurdles of Higher Education

Posted on May 16, 2010 by indra

India may soon attract a lot of good foreign universities to set up its shop. And if it happens, naturally that may force IITs and other top technical institutes to compete with the best of the world. But naturally a … Continue reading →

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Free Education and Fund

Posted on April 26, 2010 by indra

I agree it is difficult for Bihar and Nitish to allocate Rs 27,000 crore for providing free and compulsory education to all the children in the age group of 6-14 years in the first year itself, when the total annual … Continue reading →

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Girls: The Only Hope of Bihar

Posted on April 24, 2010 by indra

Nitish Kumar has started blogging. And interestingly, his first entry is about the cycles given to school going girls under ‘Mukhyamantri Balika Cycle Yojna’ that have changed their lives, more so their dreams. And Nitish’s blog has got a good … Continue reading →

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IITs: Teachers’ Shortage and Technologies

Posted on April 23, 2010 by indra

If I consider the written reply of the HRD minister of state in Lok Sabha on April 21, 2010 as correct, despite an attractive pay structure, good accommodation and other perks, IITs are facing acute shortage of faculty members. IIT … Continue reading →

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Innovative Indians: Emulate, Innovate, Scale up and Grow

Posted on April 20, 2010 by indra

Many countries-Japan, South Korea, and then China have followed the route to get into the league of developed nation. They started with emulation of the practices and systems of the developed countries, be it one from Europe or US, copied … Continue reading →

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