Thoughts on higher education on science and humanity

Few hours before watched tv debate show , that was on the occasion of Infosys science foundation awards... Of course mr. Murthy was part of the panel .. Here are some of interesting points that I like most from this Science & society debate....

One of award winner said the main reason for him to pursue his dreams on maths is his Family, and he added if he was in India ( he was NRI) that now a days it is either engineering or medicine is the only 2 options. I see that this is mainly driven by the job opportunities.

One of the problem is that the Scientific elite group cut off from real India, need to make sure that people get the message that the Science touches all and it is responsibility of the scientists is to talk about what they are doing.

When problems of the world get more complicated, needs people having science background to understand them and resolve them.

The best part is as follows,

Higher education is about seeing the truth, it's all about debate and discussion with data & facts, it's about questioning the facts, assumptions, bias, understanding what brings balance to the society . Building culture of Freethinking. Appreciating the diversity is key part of school education.

Aim of education is seek truth.

Discussion ended with these lines

Pursue ur passion , do what you like...then you can do better job. ...Push your quest for truth...

After a very long time, I watched a very positive and motivating news channel debate . I think all of us have to responsibility to spread this message to the school students and parents community.

What do you mean by Growth

If some one what to know the real meaning of GROWTH, they should see the recent affadavit filed by UP CM. She had property worth of 35 Cr, now after 3 years there is 67% increase in her property. I imagine if our GDP grows at this rate, we would be the richest nation in the world.

130 Flights Cancelled in 48 hours

Does anyone in AI knows what does "Customer satisfication" means ? How can Unions go on strike for a simple issue, which affect 13,000 passangers. Irresponsible union. Who pays for the Chaos ? Are unions above questions ? No apologies to passanger. Jinxed airline. I think, we need to bring Public - pvt patnership model should be implemented and the airline should be run as a professional organization !!..we should take our national carrier to next level..

Kind Attention Mr. Prime Minister

First it was Tharoor, now it is Jayram Ramesh. After a year, I feel there is lack of self discipline among the members of UPA, specially the ministers. Jayram Ramesh's comments on Home affairs during his China trip about India's approach towards China is UNWANTED and UNCALLED for. Each Ministers need to look and develop the portfolio allocated to them. Have they done enough. Do they know what TEAM WORK means. These comments not only dilute our foreign policies but also our internal security. Let us first learn to WORK TOGETHER as a Team but better development of our Nation, please don't gain person scores and play politics here.

Way to go Dr. Singh and Dr. Sibal

I heard some one saying "Right to Education Act is the greatest policy announcement after declaration of Indian Independence"…That’s very true.
Addressing the nation on the Right to Education Act that come into force today, Dr. Singh said: “The Government is committed to ensuring that all children irrespective of gender and social category, have access to education and, fund constraints would not be allowed to hamper implementation of the Right to Education Act.”
“To realise the Right to Education, the Government at the Centre, in the States and Union Territories, and at the district and village level, must work together as part of a common national endeavour. I call upon all the State Governments to join in this national effort with full resolve and determination,” he added. He also said Dalits, the minorities and girls would be the focus of the effort to provide education to all. Looking back at his own life, Dr. Singh said he came from a family of modest means. He had to walk a long way to school and studied under a kerosene lamp.
“Today, What I am, I am because of education. So, I want that the light of education should reach to all,” he added.Great Job Dr. Singh and Dr. Sibal. This is great act and will help us if rightly implemented by the state government.

Who are they to tell ?

Who is Shiv Sena to tell who need to stay in Mumbai who should not,
Who are they to dictate what to speak, what not....
Can’t I be free to move in my motherland. Can’t I work in a place where I see opportunity…
Who gave them the power to force the common public.....
Do we have any power center who can question them and stop them before they thing they are the right once to safe guard people of Mumbai....
i can't understand this stupid political game that these parties are playing..unfortunatly, they are playing with the stupid common man...where are we heading towards..
We are warning OZ government to stop racism against Indians...but inside India....in Business capital People from North or south are not safe..they dont know when they will get attached....We are telling or worried when Obama says something about outsourcing….think about this, within India we have parties who are not allowing their fellow Indians to work in their state, a person from UP can’t allowed to work in Mumbai…a notable business man, entertainer, youth can’t speak out what they think..
Is our Prime minister looking into this mess, how can he ask OZ PM to take action, when he can’t stop such actions in Mumbai or when he can’t stop racist remarks against our brothers and sisters from Northeastern India.
How can he get more jobs from other countries when a common man has fears to move within his nation?
Yesterday Mr. Uddhav commended Film stars to act not to speak out, asked Cricketer only to play not to comment on polities. Why are we celebrating Republic day, when our basic right to speak is challenged by so called political stupid. They are very few in number, we can crush them.
We should fight for our Freedom, fight for free India.... Free from these type of polities. which circles around corruption, vote bank polities, so called LEADERS thinking about their grand children future, generation polities......
After all, the only affected party is we...Stupid people of great democracy.....

Is India's growing economy threat to US ?

Obama in his 1st State of the Union address yesterday disappointed many of us in India by saying "You see, Washington has been telling us to wait for decades, even as the problems have grown worse. Meanwhile, China's not waiting to revamp its economy. Germany's not waiting. India's not waiting. These nations aren't standing still. These nations aren't playing for second place. They're putting more emphasis on math and science. They're rebuilding their infrastructure. They are making serious investments in clean energy because they want those jobs."
Is Obama, trying to create a enemy or threat which never exist and try to get his bills passed or trying to cover-up his lack of execution to tackle domestic problems. There is 10-15% of unemployment in US. He had promised a lot on Employment, healthcare, but there is no significant work done on these areas.
I thought India and US are Strategic Partners in various areas. India is growing, it was not shaken by the economic crisis, we are learning to grow as stable economy, but US is far ahead of us in terms of "First place". The economy of India is the twelfth largest economy in the world by nominal value and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). How can Obama mislead US people and leaders by creating India as threat for US Economy?
US Inc are outsourcing their jobs to make use of low operating cost in countries like India, which would yield revenue. Also, when we are in the world of globalization, when we are in the world of global customers, when US Companies are in peak of its competition to sell its product offering with low cost...how can we restrict companies to have jobs only in US. When we have customer in Asia to buys a product, making it in US and shipping it would cost more...how can economy of US will grow....
We need more of Collaborative growth between India and US. We have Knowledge power, low operating cost. US should make use of it. and OBAMA should focus on Organic growth and do some real stuff. I had expected more from Obama after hearing his campaign speeches. But after a year also, he is speaking more...which is great. but he is losing his credibility.
In fact, each nation is focusing of its own growth. You name it as India, China, or Germany. They are focusing on how to increase their GDP growth, creating employment opportunities, improving Health care, education infrastructure.
Instead of creating fear psychosis, Obama need to act quickly before millions of my friends in USA loss their trust with their president.
Let his action speak more then words...

http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/full_text_of_obamas_1st_state_of_the_union_address.php
Let me know your point of view ….