Moving Towards Reformed Education: Reality or Illusion?
Education in India has come a long way from gurukulas in the ancient times to digital mediums in the modern period. As the country leaps to greater heights of development, education remains one of the crucial facets of this progress. Amid the fast-growing society of the 21st-century, the real question …
Is Suicide An Epidemic Or A Weapon?
Introduction There was a time when students attempted suicides for reasons like depression, anxiety or peer pressure but today, they use them to fight the government or to take their stand. The suicide threat by a blind student Suresh from Karnataka had surprised the MCI and goaded them to reconsider his …
Mitigating the ‘Brain Drain’: Government Hikes the Monthly Fellowship for IIT and IISC Researchers
Union higher education secretary Kewal Kumar Sharma has said that the Centre will provide Rs 70,000 as a monthly fellowship to those researchers doing their PhDs in IITs or IISc.”As part of the research fellowship scheme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we wish the meritorious students who are being forced …
Globalization Induced Brain-Drain: Insights
Insights into the terms- Globalization and brain-drain Globalization as a policy was passed in the 1990s in India and soon grew in importance as it gave the opportunity to understand and interact with the other countries. It is a progressive step forward for the citizens. Brain-drain is caused when the young, valuable talents leave …
Globalization Induced Brain-Drain: Insights
Insights into the terms- Globalization and brain-drain Globalization as a policy was passed in the 1990s in India and soon grew in importance as it gave the opportunity to understand and interact with the other countries. It is a progressive step forward for the citizens. Brain-drain is caused when the young, valuable talents leave …
The Vociferous Comedy: The Shams of Student Politics
Elections Whenever student elections hit town, the whole city starts speaking the language of politics; and the recent DUSU (Delhi University Students’ Union) elections in the capital were no exception. The word ‘politics’ throws our mind into a tumult of emotions. ‘Religion’, ‘manipulation’, ‘double-cross’,’ exploitation’ are the few terms that come …
Social Change Partner: Magic Bus
Magic Bus is equipping India’s poorest children and youth with the skills to stay in school, move onto college, and take control of their future. The Problem India is one of 135 countries where education is a fundamental right. On April 1st 2010, the country took an ambitious step by …
Magic Bus: Galas in NYC to Support Girls’ Education
Give Girls a Chance to succeed – 100% of funds raised at this month’s galas go directly to programs! At Magic Bus, 98% of adolescent girls attend secondary school regularly. This is double the Indian national average of 46%. This month, YOU can act now and give at-risk children a …
The Welcomed Prevalence of Gender Champions Across India
Background A combined initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the idea of “Gender Champions” is to be engaged by the University Grants Commission of the Indian Union government, in order to raise awareness about gender inequity among the masses. India …
