Emerging Role of Quality of Higher Education Institutions in Indian Education Ecosystem

A Note based on the deliberations and ideas generated in the “BW Higher Education Conclave” held at Bengaluru, on 1st September 2017. I must congratulate the organizers of “BW Higher Education Conclave” to catch the latest conceptual phrase of ECO-SYSTEM. We have gotten into the habit of thinking in clichés and this one is the latest one.

Indian Education: “Challenge from Macaulay to Moksha”

India needs both quality and quantity education. Given 1.25 billion population out of which 400 million are youths, the importance of quantity education is quite obvious but quantity alone can take us only up to a point. Beyond a point, it is the quality of education that makes all the difference. For example, Harvard university

Hinduism: A Religion or Dharma

When the question of “who is a Hindu?” is discussed today, we get a multitude of confused and contradictory answers from both laypersons and from Hindu leaders. That we have such a difficult time understanding the answer to even so fundamental a question as “who is a Hindu?” is a starkly sad indicator of the

Time to rediscover Gandhi and to redefine Non-Violence.

My dear friends, I am thankful to the members of Gandhi Peace Mission 2015 for inviting me to attend the inaugural session of International Peace Summit at Beliaghata, Kolkata, a place which symbolizes inter-community harmony and coherence. To stand and speak in this historical Gandhi Bhawan, where Gandhiji lived during his visits to Kolkata and

Need of introducing Spirituality as a vital informal link between the curricula and students’ socialization.

In the religion-neutral education of the university, where, by tradition and modern practice, the religion remains a personal matter of the students, it is not necessary to introduce any religious code to strengthen the emotional, ethical and moralistic elements of one’s personality. Nevertheless, it is the responsibility of the university to provide education with a

Existence flows: Don’t compete; learn to cooperate!

We come with empty hands and we will go with empty hands, so what is the point of claiming so much in the meantime? But this is what we know, what the world tells us: Possess, dominate, have more than others have. It may be money or it may be virtue; it does not matter

Time to redefine education: Children need to be taught ‘How to think’ not ‘What to think’

 “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” “Education” means: to draw out that which is within you, to make your potential actual, like you draw water from a well. Education should prepare you to be yourself. Education is a bridge between the potentiality and the actuality. Education is to help

From Teaching to Thinking

We can learn from anybody and everybody in life. Knowledge is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be one with yourself. Be curious… eager… and probing. Those who gone deeper have found

Quotes I Quote: a reflection of my learning journey

Since last few years, I had been sharing quotes on my Facebook wall. Every quote has an originating past and a history behind it. Recently, I compiled 365 of my favorite quotes. On New Year, I am sharing the same with my fellow travelers of this virtual world… you have helped me in learning a

Spread of Education by Prophet Mohammed’s Companions

‘Prophet Mohammed’s Companions and Spread of Education’, brief of the speech delivered in a public meeting at Ramlila Grounds, Delhi on the invitation of ‘Markazi Jamiat Ahl-E-Hadees Hind’, April 11, 2010.