Tag: education
When you work for the larger good, you’re doing good for yourself too: Anuradha Acharya
Anuradha Acharya is the CEO, Mapmygenome. She is currently serving as a governing board member at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). While...
One can work more without red tapes in the country : Mainak Chakraborty
Mainak Chakraborty is the co founder and Co-CEO of GPS Renewables (Green Power Systems). Fortuna Meida recently named him as "The Bioenergy person of...
Relationship with society should not be transactional: Anuraag Saxena
" Looking good is part of wp, doing better is the bigger part", says Anuraag Saxena, Asia-Head for the World Education Foundation, UK. He...
Azim Premji is my hero: Mohandas Pai
T.V. Mohandas Pai is the Chairperson of the Board of Manipal Global Education Services. He was a member of the Board of Securities and...
Moral pressure needs to be created: Vidya Shah
Vidya Shah is the CEO of EdelGive Foundation, which is the philanthropy arm of Edelweiss group. Her presence on the board for various prominent...
Saving the Tigers & the Poachers !
We all know about Ranthambhore National Park located in the city of Sawai Madhopur in the beautiful Indian state of Rajasthan. The national Park...
M’tra Readies For Finance Infusion Into Schools
The infusion of big finance into the education sector could bring about some much-needed reformation
UTC Launches ‘Project Vidya’ For 800 Village Kids
UNITED Technologies Corporation (UTC) in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages India, today launched ‘Project Vidya’ to support the education of eight hundred children living in SOS Children’s Villages, across...
IIM-A Assesses RTE Impact On Kids
THE RTE-Resource Center, a student initiative and action research project at IIM-Ahmedabad, organized a meeting of parents, from economically weaker sections, whose children have...
wp in Education: The Burning need for Innovations
This Teachers Day, The wp Journal presents some food for thought by Professor Chetan Baxi- author of two books on wp, and former Director, MDI- on the importance of innovation in wp by pointing out some compelling cases of Corporate Houses who are using innovation to change the face of education in India.
Right to Education Act in India: Undermining its own objectives
The CCS field coordinators in the National Independent Schools Alliance report that 4,331 schools have already been shut down in 17 states – 2,500 in Punjab, while another 15,083 face threat of closure (as on 18 March 2014) affecting over 18,00,000 students.
क्यों बंद हो रहे हैं बजट प्राइवेट स्कूल ?
दुनिया के 37 फ़ीसदी अनपढ़ लोग भारत में रहते हैं, 58 फ़ीसदी बच्चे अपनी प्राइमरी स्कूल में ही पढ़ाई छोड़ देते हैं, जबकि 90...
