Education on Sale

A recent article in TOI read the following "225 B-schools, 52 engineering colleges close in 2 years" . Upon reading it further i made a note of some of the facts presented in the write up and they were startling.  Since 2011, 225 B-schools and over 50 engineering colleges across India have downed shutters.  For the first time, overall growth of MBA education is negative in the books of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). In 2011-12, 146 new B-schools came up and 124 that were already running closed down. This year so far, 101 management colleges have closed down, only 82 have started. Similar is the story with the Master of Computer Application (MCA) course—84 colleges stopped offering the programme this...

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Don't Rush The Good Things

Relish the moments, don't rush by Last week while standing at the airport ticket counter i was surprised to see a pile of voter id cards with the airline staff. I was intrigued by this collection and upon inquiring, found out that the travelers forgot these cards at the counter,while getting their tickets issued. This made me wonder what would could have been the  reason for this occurrence. My mind concluded that these people must have been in hurry and in that state of  frenzy they forgot their document at the counter. This event further leads me to choosing between two important things; first catching the flight and the other not losing our valued possessions. By valued possession i would mean...

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Diversity - Inclusion Inspires Innovation

Diversity Inclusion Differences in culture, race, ethnicity, Age, gender and ability Personal traits and life experiences, Views, learning's shape our identity Existences so different and this is diversity. Promoting people from all walks of life, Providing an equal opportunity Creating a workplace and an environment, That promises fairness and equality Inclusive growth thrives on diversity. Differences inform, enrich and empower, Present entirely new possibility Together we create a better world, Building on our collective capacity The core of our strengths rests in diversity Coming up with new ideas and better solutions, Innovating, requires thinking differently. Benchmarks to be breached, bars...

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