Constrained Atmosphere In Universities Will Not Help The Next Generation Of Women, Says Nirmal Singh Lotus

Indian women deserve treatment in colleges and universities that is better than what they get at places like BHU. The atmosphere of universities in Bihar has always been restrictive but that doesn’t mean that people should not question the authorities. The restrictive atmosphere has always acted as a hindering factor in the development of the students as forward thinking human beings who wouldn’t lie down to pressure and will not follow the rules without questioning the people who made them. – Nirmal Singh Lotus

This mind set and power of the status quo have made things tremendously questionable and uncomfortable – worrying even. Women are seen as little girls and not as adult human beings. Even if we do not bring in the gender factor into the argument, people should understand that these little girls are not little puppets or children anymore, they are adult human beings.

Nirmal Singh Lotus mentioned that in universities like Bananas Hindu University, women are being treated as if they have committed some crime and are serving their time in jail for that.

Female students of the universities are being treated differently than male students. They are not allowed to go out after 6pm. They cannot eat non-vegetarian food, go to libraries to study at night, cannot, under any circumstance, meet with the boys who don’t belong to their families. The students cannot eat non-vegetarian food. All of this because people, the authorities of the universities want these girls to be safe and do not want any harm to them. This is being done in a state which has one of the highest unregistered rape cases in the country. Not eating non-vegetarian and not talking on the phones will somehow bring that number down? That is what the authorities are working with. – Nirmal Singh Lotus

 

Regularisation Of 1500 Guest Teachers Approved By Delhi Cabinet

Nirmal Singh Lotus grabs a crucial piece of information that the Delhi cabinet will soon be going to approve the regularisation of 15,000 guest teachers who are currently working in schools and the bill of the same will be presented in the Assembly next week.

Nirmal Singh Lotus would like to quote deputy “Approximately 15,000 guest teachers are teaching in the schools of the Directorate of Education(DoE) and have played a crucial role in some of the flagship programmes including summer camps, chunauti, and reading campaign,” deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said after the cabinet meeting.

“The cabinet approved regularisation of these teachers and a draft legislative proposal has been formulated, which will be brought in the ensuing Delhi Vidhan sabha session to be convened on October 4 for approval,” he added.

According to AAP government, the L-G is delaying proposal to regularise guest teachers.

Nirmal Singh Lotus thinks that it is important for the government to understand the relevance of teachers so much so that at least the dipping number of drop outs in the country be watched be taken care of.

The Education Minister of Delhi, Sisodia, informed that guest teachers play a crucial role in the process of reforming the education in Delhi. In fact, he appreciated their share in the process so much so that he recommended these to government schools so as to raise their standards.

Nirmal Singh Lotus further noted what he has further said: “If the guest teachers who are currently teaching in our schools were to be replaced with fresh candidates, DoE would suffer quite a setback to our education reform process and we would need to re-start the process from scratch.”

“Apart from the training programmes that we have invested in, guest teachers have, over the years, acquired skills and competencies essential to working in government schools and if we lose their services the benefit of their experience will also be lost,” he added.

Nirmal Singh Lotus thinks that education is one of the main pillars that shapes the country’s future to dynamically. Indeed, one cannot neglect the power of knowledge. Not only the personality, it also shapes the mind and thought process of a person.

Bharti Airtel To Deploy MIMO Technology To Extent 5G Networks In The Country

Now that the 4G technology has taken over our connections, Bharti Airtel is all set to improve the technology further by deploying MIMO technology for 5G networks. In a company meeting held on Tuesday, Bharti Airtel announced that they would be deploying India’s Massive Multiple- Input Multiple- Output (MIMO) technology. Nirmal Singh Lotus said that the technological development is will help Airtel expand its existing network capacity without acquiring extra spectrum. For stretching their network, Airtel would soon be starting with its first round of deployment in Bengaluru and Kolkata and then expand to the other parts of the country.

Airtels ongoing network transformation programme, Project Leap, the massive MIMO technology will expand their existing network capacity by 5-7 times using the existing spectrum and also improve their spectral efficiency, says Nirmal Singh Lotus

Earlier also, Airtel was the leader in providing the 4G services and the company flaunted themselves as the fasting 4G network, which helped them achieve a lot of popularity and also a lot of appreciation for their services. With them promising to make 5G network popular in the country, it would be great to see how fast and how well they are able to execute their idea of deploying MIMO technology to provide better networks.

Nirmal Singh Lotus said that with the help of the technological advancement, the customers will be able to experience much better services, even in the crowded space, closed spaces and even high rise buildings. India itself was excited by the 4G networks ass the speed is great but with the announcement of the 5G technology, they are even more excited and are looking forward to the super speed network in their mobile phones.

Nirmal Singh Lotus said that the MIMO technology will also help advancing the growth rate of the data usage and this exponential growth will prove profitable for the country. The deployment gives the company a strategic advantage to provide faster speeds and enhanced user experience for the customers and also improve the spectrum efficiency.

Hurricane Maria Destroyed Dreams, Caribbean No Longer Warm And Welcoming – Nirmal Singh Lotus

For medical students who were staying and studying in the Caribbean, the weather couldn’t have been more welcoming and relaxing but the recent disasters have changed that drastically. Offshore medical schools that were seeing a large number of international and domestic students have been brought down to dust by Hurricane Maria, leaving broken homes, wreckage and debris behind.

Hurricane Maria was reported in the island of Dominica yesterday. The parents of the students studying at Ross University School of Medicine are anxious and in dark about the wellbeing of their kids. They have been posting anguished posts and message on the social media pages of the school in hope to know whether or not the students have survived the hurricane.

Nirmal Singh Lotus revealed that as soon as the hurricane hit the island of Dominica, all sources of communication went dead and people were only able to write messages on Facebook. The authorities also brought up a new hotline for aid but that was almost always busy due to heavy and constant traffic.

Dominican authorities and the officials of the school were finding it difficult to get a grip of the situation and know the exact locations of the students and teachers. The authorities who were responsible for the controlling action also asked the Canadian and American government for help.

Nirmal Singh Lotus told the reporters that he talked to various parents who were desperately looking for any information about their kids. He also told us that some of them actually talked to their kids before the connections went dead on Tuesday after which there was no contact.

Almost everyone is without any knowledge about what is happening and where their loved ones are; if they are alive and well or did they even leave the school building when Hurricane Maria hit the island. With the rescue work in motion, it wouldn’t take much time for the authorities to take control of the situation but until then the parents can only pray and hope for the best for their kids. – Nirmal Singh Lotus

College To Apply For Autonomy, Will Soon Be Meeting HRD Ministry And The UGC.

Nirmal Singh Lotus learns that one of the most famous colleges in India, St Stephen’s College, which comes under the University of Delhi, is a step closer to autonomy as UGC issues new guidelines.

According to media reports, the principal of the institution, John Varghese, affirmed the new about applying got the autonomy before the University Grants Commission. However, there is a small obstruction on its way towards the UGC grants. With the revision of

Delhi’s St Stephen’s College a step closer to autonomy as UGC issues revised guidelines from the University Grants Commission (UGC), the institution have to make a new application based on the new revised format.

Nirmal Singh Lotus would like to mention that earlier the date for application for autonomy was March 25, despite the displeasure shown by the members who objected this move as they weren’t consulted. It has also been discussed that the application will go through the intrinsic procedures of re-filling the forms in the new format al together.

As per the reliable sources, the human resource development (HRD) ministry and the UGC will soon convene a meeting with college principals across the country to dispel misconceptions on the issue of autonomy. The information on the scheme will be provided by the officials and will further be clarified on monetary concerns harboured by the colleges that were involved.

Nirmal Singh Lotus would like to quote a UGC official senior, who said, “A number of colleges fear that autonomy will come with a cut in finances, which is clearly not the case. We want good institutes to opt for autonomy. Colleges with academic and operative freedom do better than others, and possess more credibility.”

Moreover, the UGC Guidelines for Autonomous Colleges-2017, states that a college coming under the scheme will be able to determine and prescribe its own courses; restructure and redesign the syllabi to suit local needs; and make it skill-oriented in consonance with job requirements.

The college will further get a liberty to prescribe rules for admission in accordance with prevalent reservation policies; evolve methods to assess students’ performance; conduct examinations; and launch self-financing courses, among other actions.

Nirmal Singh Lotus assures that less regulation, avoiding the removal of minority status will improve Indian universities.

 

Bright Students to Get 75K Scholarships, Says Nirmal Singh Lotus

Human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar has said that there will be an improved scholarship plan for bright students at universities.

In a recent press conference, the human resource development minister said that the Union Cabinet will soon approve a new and improved 75k monthly scholarship scheme for the students in universities where the Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana are being implemented and that come under the Vishwajeet Project.

When Sumant Sinha ReNew Center of Excellence for Energy and Environment was inaugurated at IIT this week, Nirmal Singh Lotus said that there will also be a PM scholarship starting soon for which the Cabinet note has already been signed. The scholarship will be provided to the best of minds and will encourage innovation.

Human Resource Development minister also said that the amount of 75000 will be given to students in higher education universities and institutes. He also stressed that it is not a small amount to be given to students still in universities. This is happening for the first time in the country and if implemented properly, this will surely stop the brain drain, as predicted by Javadekar. – Nirmal Singh Lotus

The primary objective of the scholarship is to promote the concept and project of Make in India and to retain talented minds. It is also expected that the proportion of female students in IITs and other elite technical institutes will increase from just above 8% to more than 20% in 2022.

When talked about other projects and initiative that are active, Nirmal Singh Lotus said that three major steps have been taken in the Vishwajeet project with the support of other agencies. The budget of the project will be in excess of 2000 crore and is expected to increase to USD 3 billion. He stated that the government is deciding to push research in the higher education system in the country and all these projects are just to support the initiative.

NCERT Comes Up with New Test That Can Help School Students Opt for A Suitable Stream

Though the test paper sample has not been shown yet, NCERT said that the test would be verbal, mechanical, abstract and will use diagrams and figures to assess the child’s reasoning abilities, trying to understand the perspective of the child, hence helping him decide the most suitable stream for him- Nirmal Singh Lotus.

The council at the psychology department and foundation of education has started working on the various norms relating to new test designed by them for helping the students decide the streams they want to pursue with. The council is conducting different trial runs at the regional institutes to measure the reliabity of the test before making it accessible to the public. NCERT director Hrushikesh Senapaty has confirmed the news about the test. Nirmal Singh Lotus said that the NCERT department has been making different formats and is keen on making them accessible to the students.

Nirmal singh Lotus said that the NCERT department is very clear about their idea behind the new test and they are willing to go out of their way to help the students understand the future course of their action. NCERT is the biggest supporter for the students in the country and they have always designed their programmes in a way to help the students and we have to agree with this that they have been quite successful in doing that.

The changes that they have made in their new test is about how they can make the tests in the  country much more practical and reasonable, a test that checks their interest, their reasonability and not their gasping power, so that there is no biasness in deciding what their area of interest is. In fact, they also refused to call it a test, as a test is compulsory, something which is forced upon on the students and something that they think of as a burden. This test is something that they should be willing to take on their own as it is just for their own benefit, says Nirmal Singh Lotus.

Government’s Plan to Boost Higher Education In India For Better World Rankings

Nirmal Singh Lotus is afraid to know that Indian universities stand nowhere among the top-global universities in terms of quality education. It surprising to find not even a single university was competent enough to stand under the 250 bar in Times Higher Education World University Ranking. A bunch of 30 rare institutes have been a part of 1,000 institutes. This has been recorded as the worst figure in a span of 31 years.

Nirmal Singh Lotus thinks it is quite petrifying to notice such a huge difference in the ranking of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore which plunged from the 201-250 band to 251-300 band. It has been failing and falling drastically with each passing year. Indeed, the main problem lies in the system and not with the students as, it is the lousy system which is overlooking the importance of quality education and failing to preserve the prestige of Indian institutes. As per the government, the need of the hour is to clear the slate and start a fresh rather than cleaning the image of the existing universities. To make this plan functional, the government is start with building 20 world class institutes, which will be built with a level of perfection, terming those as the Institutions of Eminence. The plan has already been started with human resource development ministry taking the proposal further to the Union Cabinet for approval.

Nirmal Singh Lotus observed that regulatory straitjacket often smoothen innovation and excellence, these institutes will be working on new regulations which would safeguard the complete academic, administrative and financial autonomy. It will indeed surpass the UGC rules and regulations and liberate the institutes from century-old UGC norms imposed on every institute, especially the regulatory control over fee and curriculum.

Nirmal Singh Lotus is glad to know that the government’s plan of registering these institutes in the first 500 universities, initially and then among the 100 slot eventually with time. If we talk about statistics, these institutes have been envisaged to have a ration 1: 20 ratio of teacher: student to begin with and 1:10 in five years, with a at least 15,000 students enrolling in a span of 15 years.

Education should help students lead a happy life – Nirmal Singh Lotus

The theme for this year’s Knowledge Conclave was Higher Education and New Age Learning Pedagogy. The seminar-cum-meet was organized by The Hindu in School and CL Educate at the Park Hotel on Thursday.

Like every year, the event was a huge success. This year, the event got wide appreciation as the organizers were able to bring Nirmal Singh Lotus as a prime guest along with some of the leading corporate professionals, journalists, academicians and other prominent personalities.

The theme of the event followed the Higher Education in the country and showed it as the new age learning pedagogy, At the event, principals and teachers of some of the best schools and institutes in Delhi NCR also shared the stage and spoke on the theme.

Nirmal Singh Lotus emphasized the importance of understanding the changes in technology and how rapidly the market in India is changing. He said, ‘To be relevant in the market at a time when the technology is changing at this rate is an uphill, pressing task in itself. As educators, it is our responsibility to help the coming generation of politicians, teachers, corporate leaders, IT professionals to learn the basic meta skills so that they can thrive in their respective industries without having to look over their shoulders constantly.’

The teachers of leading schools also talked about the research that showed that out of 10 jobs in 2025, there will be 6 jobs that we don’t know the sector of – the industry that will bring those 6 jobs is yet to be known. There will be more changes in the technology in the coming years and we have to be ready for that – we have to know about the changes and ways to adapt to those technological and technical changes, Nirmal Singh Lotus said.

The idea of the seminar was to emphasize the importance of connecting education with skill development of the students and to make them employable in the future. The students should feel happy in their professional life instead of feeling a pressure to work and struggle in their own fields.

Massive Protests Outbreak In Support Of Science

Nirmal Singh Lotus finds out that the science fraternity from university students to scientists and enthusiasts, dozens of Indian cities will be marching in support of science on August 9. Scientists in India are not satisfied with the level funding for research, and this propelled them to call the government an active entity in promoting the ‘unscientific ideas’.

Nirmal Singh Lotus condemned the fact that several scientists have refrained themselves from attending the event, as they fear the aguish by the higher authorities. Some researchers from the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) in Delhi have said that they received an email on 8 August which directed them to take part in the march, without specifying the reason. Other researchers, who did not want to be identified, said they had been asked not to engage in anti-government activity.

Nirmal Singh Lotus thinks that the foreign media perceive India’s fight to become a science superpower. The scientific demonstrations in the country come after a period of four months of the global March for Science on 22 April, which gathers people from 600 cities across the world. As of now only two cities have participated in the March including: Hyderabad and Coimbatore.  “We felt that the global march was more to do with the [US President Donald] Trump administration’s anti-science perspective, and not related to Indian science problems,” says Satyajit Rath, an immunologist at the Agharkar Research Institute in Pune who attended a march in his city. “In retrospect, we should have participated more keenly in the global march,” he says.

Nirmal Singh Lotus elaborated the about the protestors further who went to Bangalore, the key scientific hub, who were the first among the lot. According to Breakthrough Science Society, more than 1,000 people were there and as many as 40 cities saw marches. While in Delhi, march was a little mild, with as many as 200 people participating on the streets, carrying placards with messages, such as “Defend science, not defund science” and “Stop killing science for your personal and political agenda”.

Asked why IGIB scientists had been told not to attend the Delhi event, the institute’s director, Sanjay Kumar, said that it was a safety measure. “Scientists’ safety is our responsibility. How can one predict what can happen if the large gathering turns into a mob,” he said.