A list of Bangalore-based Shivangini Arora’s (23) achievements would require many more pages than the editor of EducationWorld could possibly spare. With a passion for media and journalism, Arora has freelanced for numerous youth publications in India and abroad including Teens Today, Bangalore Times, Mcube, Levis Cool Coed and Talent Asia.
“I admire communicative prose and oratory prowess and I feel quite […]
Joshi‚s nemesisA tenured professor of physics at the Allahabad University (AU), former Union human resource development minister Murli Manohar Joshi could never have imagined that the university would be his nemesis. But so it was in the recently concluded 14th general election in which Joshi was unceremoniously rejected by Allahabad‚s electorate. Reportedly because he failed […]
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri; Harper Collins; Price: Rs.395; 291 pp
The Namesake is Jhumpa Lahiri’s first novel after her Pulitzer Prize winning debut, Interpreter of Maladies: Stories of Bengal, Boston, and Beyond. Like many other writers of the South Asian diaspora, in the book under review, Lahiri’s central theme is the immigrant experience as she continues to explore the conflicts […]
Lutyen’s stimulating Mughal capitalThe story of India’s past from the 12th-20th centuries remains immortalised in the well preserved monuments and exquisite gardens of Delhi which became India’s capital in 1931Red Fort: landmark heritage monumentWith an archaeological heritage dating back 2,500 years, Delhi, with its dazzling array of monuments, forts, tombs, palaces, mosques, temples and churches […]
Stung by escalating criticism of outdated syllabuses in institutions of higher education, the University Grants Commission has given the green signal to the incorporation of a plethora of value-added, job-oriented diplomate programmes in college and varsity curriculums
With the aggregate number of registered unemployed across the country having crossed the 40 million mark and not a few […]
In Blighty it’s the time of the year when uncertainty over the reliability of exam results and the quality of the education system makes headlines. Every year at this time, Britons worry whether academic standards are too low, exams are too easy or too hard, whether the marking system is flawed, […]
Child nutrition, the part of dietetics closest to my heart, begins with the foetus being nurtured in a mother’s womb. Thus the mother’s health even before conception is of great importance to the health of the child. Everyone is aware of the dangers of smoking during pregnancy. But though tobacco should be totally abjured for the […]
Try surfing the internet with your eyes shut; or using the computer with fogged-up glasses. Well, that’s how it is for people who are visually impaired. And it was to cater to this huge segment of society — India has the world’s largest population of the visually challenged, estimated at 30 million — that Delhi-based IT […]
I‚m a student of Plus Two (science). I am keen to pursue a career in criminal forensic science. Which colleges offer this programme and what are the eligibility requirements?Ravi D‚Souza, PanjimYou could acquire anMBBS degree after Plus Two and later opt for a postgraduate specialisation in forensic medicine. Almost all Indian medical colleges offer an […]
A study of history requires gathering evidence relating to a nation’s or society’s past and analysing it. Specialised areas in the study of history are archaeology, museology and archival studies
And the rest, as they say, is history! But the study of history doesn’t necessarily mean researching dust-heaps of the past. The study of history […]
With an estimated 600 educational institutions located in and around Dehra Dun, this administrative capital of the state of Uttaranchal, should rightly be called the education capital of India. Working with teachers such as Arvind Chelasani of the Doon School and with NGOs such as the Friends of Doon, I […]
Online education comes of ageMukesh AghiIn the emerging business scenario, there is an urgent need to train managers in international business practices. One of the challenges of globalisation is the creation of knowledge workers distinguished by professional training in global skills. Especially for executives working in multinational companies in India, this has become vitally necessary […]
Recent judgements of the country’s apex court are being interpreted as a huge blow to the managements of one-five star schools which have sprung up all over the country. Dilip Thakore reports
Despite the unanimously welcomed exit of Union minister of human resource development Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi who was hell-bent on rewriting history and social science textbooks to […]
She created aviation history following her appointment as the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) first lady air traffic controller in 1996. She is a national level badminton player, a lawyer and runs India’s first and only all-woman CNG filling station in New Delhi’s tony Shantipath area. That’s retired flight lieutenant Mukti Srivastava who loves to live […]
This former polytechnic which was granted its royal charter in 1966 has been topping the Sunday Times employment league tables for the past six years
Just 30 minutes by train from London’s central business district, the University of Surrey (UniS) has acquired an enviable reputation for producing graduates who are “the most employable of any UK […]
Built on 30 acres of prime real estate within motoring distance of the national capital, Pathways is among the most capital intensive education institutions constructed in Indian history
Located on an elevated, wooded site in the Aravalli Hills, 25 km from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, Pathways World School could well be mistaken for a hill resort. […]
In the recently concluded 14th general election, Indian voters have expressed extraordinary maturity and wisdom. Analysis surrounding the collapse of the NDA and the rather unexpected rise of the Congress has overshadowed the most significant outcome of the elections — the fact that the Left parties won the highest number of seats they have ever won in any […]
The Indus Institute of Advanced Culinary Arts and Hotel Management (est.1998) has migrated its headquarters from Gurgaon (Haryana) to Bangalore. Indus Institute (a division of Indus Hospitality Consulting Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai) claims it is the first and only school offering highly specialised study courses in continental cuisine, designed to fulfill the growing needs of the […]
The global campaign for education (GCE) action week formally launched in Uttar Pradesh on April 19, 2004 in partnership with committed non-government organisations including Action Aid, Oxfam, Unicef, Plan India, Care UP, Catholic Relief Services, North India and the Beti Foundation, though ignored by the media, made a huge impact upon […]
Your cover story (EW May) on UGC (University Grants Commission) was an eye-opener. I wonder why despite the UGC Act so clearly mandating quality control of institutions of higher education as a prime UGC duty, it has taken the commission half a century to pay attention to this vital objective of its charter. In the meanwhile […]
Explaining the unexpected rout of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance in the recent 14th general election is a slippery assignment which has tested the knowledge and perspicacity of the best pollsters and pundits within the media and academia. Nevertheless an additional explanation from a different perspective needs to be attempted because it’s […]
It was said of the Bourbon kings of medieval France that they forgot nothing but also learned nothing, from history. The same charge can perhaps be made against the Indian establishment — Parliament, the bureaucracy, the media and alas, even the judiciary — which has made a right mess of the subcontinent’s socio-economic development process […]
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