Education and Careers

The ‘Science’ That India Is Waiting For

By Ranjeet Kumar: As 100th session of the Indian Science Congress concluded last month, the nation still awaits a clear roadmap for science, technology and innovation to unleash the potential and leverage up on the demographic dividend. Here is my take. Science is not only about

Mera Beta Toh Doctor Hi Banega: Where Do Aspirations Stand In A Country Obsessed With Grades?

By Pratik Mantri: “Beta, what do you want to do in the future”? Every student has faced this question and most of them find it uncomfortable. Some of the celebrated career choices for the stereotype parents and uncles still remain Chartered Accountancy, Engineering, and Medical

Education and Careers

From Dreams To Reality With Internshala: Career Scholarship For Girls #Apply Now

The Internshala Career Scholarship for Girls is an annual award of Rs. 25,000, meant to help advance one girl’s career in her chosen field.Instituted in 2013, the inspiration for this scholarship lies in the sad coincidence that the Delhi rape victim’s struggle for life ended

Alternative Careers

Love Shopping? Let Personal Shoppers Make Life Easy For You

By Shubhra Kukreti: "No babe, not today. Why don't you come for the match with me?” “Oh yes, you toss away my shopping plans and you think I'll come for that utterly boring cricket match of yours.” Cursing my boyfriend, I dial my best friend's

Education

No Delhi University, The Grading System Will NOT Work

By Shweta Madaan: One of the most prominent universities of the world, The University of Delhi (DU) has decided to introduce a grading system for both undergraduate as well as post-graduate courses. An expert committee has been formed to formulate this change from the academic

Education

Educational Outreach Programs: 5 Ways To Work For Community Growth

By Patrick Rosario:As the famous expression goes, give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime. Education is one of the most empowering ways communities in India and around the globe are becoming stronger,

Education

How Engineering Students Dangle In The College-Corporate Gap

By Joanna Sundharam: After four years, ninety courses, twenty-four sets of exams, six projects, countless reports and endless lectures, engineering students realize that all that we have studied is obsolete and absolutely worthless from the industry point of view. Isn’t the whole point of education

Education

The National Commission For Protection Of Child Rights (NCPCR): Nothing More Than A Toothless Tiger?

By Karmanye Thadani: We observed Children’s Day, the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (a man who loved children and was strongly committed to communal harmony and socioeconomic egalitarianism), as also National Education Day (11th November), the birthday of another great freedom fighter, Maulana Abul Kalam

Education

Will Our Flawed Education System Ever Change And Benefit The Youth?

By Anuva Kulkarni: I recently came across an account of a lecture in a Chemistry class. The topic was isotopes, which are atoms of the same element but having slightly different atomic weights. Some are heavier, some are lighter, but they are essentially one element

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