Why did science management fail so badly in post-independence India? Are we repeating the same mistakes? Why do we mindlessly imitate the West in science and math? Why do we regard Western formal math as superior without ever having carried out a comparative evaluation? Are our science and math “experts” even capable…
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Dear Mr Pitroda, It was nice to meet and interact with you again during the AIMA meet. I’m glad that you respect my fundamental disagreement regarding the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) and have agreed to place it on the NKC website. Let me summarise my disagreement. The key mistake made…
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At the 2nd People’s Education Congress, Mumbai, March 2009, a panel is planned on history and philosophy of science in science education. At the moment the focus is on math education. For the announcement, see, http://ckraju.net/calculus/panel-hps-in-science-education-2pec.html.
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Dear Mr Pitroda, It was nice to meet you again at the FICCI gathering a few days ago. There wasn’t enough time for me to clarify what I was saying, so let me do so here. 1. First, I agree with you that a major change is needed in the…
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31 July 2008 is D. D. Kosambi’s 101st birthday. This is surely an occasion for historians to remember, because of Kosambi’s stature as a historian. His as-yet unmatched knowledge of languages and Indian culture (both “high” and “low”) gave tremendous depth to his pioneering account of Indian history from a…
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— On Sun, 5/11/08, VBSUDR wrote: >To: agniirk@…, ammanmadan@…, amman@…, “Prof. Krishna Kumar” , sharadbehar@… >Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008, 3:05 PM > Dear Friends, > Higher Education in this country is in >deep crisis. On the one hand, there is a >gradual loss of purpose in the Institutions >not…