THC_CTMS S389_July'08 1 Education, The Leveller; Technology, Engine of Development By Dr T.H. CHOWDARY Director: Center for Telecom Management and Studies Chairman: Pragna Bharati (intellect India ) Former: Chairman & Managing Director Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited & Information Technology Advisor, Government of Andhra Pradesh T: +91(40) 6667-1191/ 2784-6137(O) 2784-3121® F: +91 (40) 6667-1111, 2789-6103 [email protected][email protected]Talk @ Council for Higher Education - 23-25, July, 2008
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Education, The Leveller; Technology, Engine of Development
By
Dr T.H. CHOWDARY Director: Center for Telecom Management and Studies
Chairman: Pragna Bharati (intellect India )Former: Chairman & Managing Director
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited &Information Technology Advisor, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Talk @ Council for Higher Education - 23-25, July, 2008
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Education, The Leveller
• All persons are created equal at birth and equal in ignorance.
• Up-bringing in the home and education in School (s) differentiate them, and create inequalities.
• Education is not merely creation of examination talent; but inculcation of thirst for knowledge, [Jignaasa], viveka (discriminative power), Buddhi [Ethical mind & choice]
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How education levels up: (1)
• “Uddharet aatmana aatmaanam – BG VI 5
“One should lift (ennoble) oneself up”
• Education instilling sthairya (constancy),
Dhairya (intelligence/entrepreneurship),
teja (brilliance)
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How education levels up: (2)
• Gives choice of profession– No need to follow father’s/ancestors’
traditional profession (vrithi)– Vrithi (profession) binds one to kula; Vidya
frees one from Kula.– Gives mobility; movement to cities and across
countries
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How education levels up: (3)
• Children of vadderas, washermen; farmers, safaiwalas…..become I.T professionals because of Education – Move up because of culture & excellence– Become CEOs; Entrepreneurs, and
milliannaires– Become role models; caring for others they
“pull” up others
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World Population and the Poor
Year Population % of the Poor1820 1.1 billion 85%1980 5 billion 30%2000 6 billion 20%2007 6.5 bln 18%
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How Equipped is India for Higher Education
Country Population
(million)
No of Uni-versities
To be on par with the country of comparison; Varsities India needs to have
Korea 45 120 3000 Israel 6 10 1700 Lesotho 2 2 1000
UK 50 170 3400
USA 280 1700 6100
India 1000 310 ---- Australia 18 39 2200 China 1200 1000 850
*Suggest: Begin having a University for each District* Every Private Engineering College should be required to grow into a University within 8 years of wind up.•Corporates to found.fund ‘Varsities’.•In India we have 8.8 mln. or 5% of the young in the age group 18 to 23 yrs. in Universities
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What are Young are accomplishing
• 160m (16%) in the age group 17 to 22 years• 67% Indians are below age 30 years• Graduating 10m per year
– 450,000 Engineers ( but only 80,000 Diploma Holder)– 70,000 MBAs– 60,000 MCA
• 2 mln are in ITES sector where the average pay is 2 to 5 times in other sectors
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South Leap into Development League
• Private partnership in education
• Largest number of England; MBA, MCA,
B.Ed, Medical & Pharma Colleges in
Andhra Pradesh (TN, KN, MH)
• State’s supportive role
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What Else We Need
• Higher literacy [>95%, not 65%]• More vocational schools• Hostels• More Universities• More post-graduates [MS, M Tech, Ph.Ds]• Broadband to Villages so that BPO/ITes go to rural areas• Haath haath mein telephone Gaon Gaon mein Internet • I.T in every sector to improve economy, efficiency,
transparency, competitiveness..
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Sarvatah pani-padam tat Sarvato'ksi-siro-mukham Sarvatah shrutimal loke Sarvam avrtya tishthati (B.G. 13.13) Everywhere the feet and the arms of God are
spread out. Wherever you touch you will find the finger of God, or the arm of God, or the feet of God. Sarvato'ksi-siro-mukham - everywhere eyes. You are seeing brick walls. No; everywhere there are the eyes of God. And heads of God
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Vidyarthi ~ Student
• Seeker of Knowledge • Guru guides, helps
the efflorescence of the divinity inside Aham Brahmasmi Luceat X Vestrov
• Idam te na-atapaskeya
• Ignites Intelligence
• Who reads/studies what the teacher tells
• Examination not knowledge talent
• “Education” farms like poultry (layer/ ) farms
• Idiotises, dulls, de-humanises
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How We Learn:Aacharyaat paadam aadhatte
Paadam shishyah swamedhayaa
Paadam saha bhrahmacharibhyah
Paadam kaalakramena cha
A person learns one quarter from his teachers,one quarter by his own intelligence,
one quarter from his peers; that is; class fellows and the fourth quarter in the course of time;
that is; by life’s experiences
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Guru-Teacher Relationship
• Piteva PutrasyaSakheva Sakhyuh
Priyah Priyaayah
• Vishnu Sharma
• Alexander and Aristotle
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What is education (1/3)
• Education is a liberating force, enables the individual to rise form mere materiality to superior planes of intellectual and spiritual consciousness .
• Education gives us accumulated lessons of heritage to carry it forward to posterity .
• The past is our foundation, the present our material, the future our aim and summit. Each must have its due and natural place in a national system of education.
Cultural Values (3)Bhavan’s Prayer [from Kathopanishad]
• Aum Saha Naavavathu Sahanau BhunaktuSaha Veeryam Kara VaavahaiTejasvi Naavadheetamastu Maa VidwishaavahaiAum Shantih Shantih Shantihi
• Meaning: May the Lord protect us both, may He nourish us both, may we work together with great vigor (divine strength). May we both acquire brilliance of our intellect through our studies, may we not hate each other. Let there be peace, peace, peace.
• Sharing• Co-operating• Friendships• Netravadhanis Smt Lalita Kameshwari and
Smt Ramakumari
• Krishna & Kuchela (Sudhama)@Sandipani’s
• Drona-Drupada• Pandavas
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Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (1)
Respected Teacher,• My son will have to learn, I know • That all men are not just, all men are not true,
but teach him also• That for every scoundrel, there is a Hero• That for every selfish politician, there is a
dedicated leader• Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend• It will take time, I know; but teach him if you can
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Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (2)
• That a dollar earned is of far more value than five found• Teach him to learn to lose and also enjoy winning• Steer him away from envy, if you can• Teach him the secret of quiet laughter• Let him learn early that the Bullies are easiest to Lick• Teach him if you can, the wonder of books…• But also give him Quiet time to ponder over the eternal
mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hills – side
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Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (3)
• In school teach him it is far more honourable to fail than to cheat
• Teach him to have faith in his own ideas even if everyone tells him they are wrong
• Teach him to be gentle with gentle people and tough with the tough
• Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on the Bandwagon
• Teach him to listen to all men but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through
• Teach him, if you can, how to laugh when he is sad• Teach him there is no shame in tears
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Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (4)
• Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness
• Teach him to sell his Brawn and Brain to the highest bidders, but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul
• Teach him to close his Ears to a Howling Mob…. And to stand and Fight
• If he thinks he is right Treat him gently; but do not cuddle him because only the test of Fire Makes Fine Steel
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Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (5)
• Let him have the courage to be important • Let him have the patience to brave• Teach him always to have sublime faith in
himself because then he will always have sublime faith in mankind
• This is a bid order; but see what you can do• He is such a fine little fellow, my son.
-----Abraham Lincoln.
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Entitlement, Employment, Entrepreneurship
• “You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.You cannot keep out trouble by spending more than you earn.You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.You cannot help men permanently by doing for themWhat they could do for themselves.” - Abraham Lincoln
(Source: Freedom First, May 1989)
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Success and Risk
• Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where other have gone. Leave the beaten path occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. It will be a little thing but do not ignore it. Follow it up; explore around it, one discovery will lead to another and before you know it, you will have something really worth thinking about
Alexander Graham Bell
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Success
• Sow a thought and reap an act
Sow an act, reap a habit
Sow a habit, reap a character
Sow a character, reap a destiny
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Risk and Reward
• I shall be telling with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence
Two roads diverged in the woods and I
I took the one less travelled by
And that has made all the difference- Robert Frost
