These self-appointed well-wishers of AMU are basically for the control or police model of university governance. They have no faith whatsoever in the democratic functioning of the universities, observes Faizan Mustafa, former dean, Faculty of Law, and Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University.
The future belongs to the young; not the old, asserts Shyam G Menon.
Byju's, says Anita Kishore, has given the founders of the businesses it has acquired the independence to operate separately and maintain their core culture.
'Ideally, children should go to a university if they know what they want to gain from it, not because everyone else is going.'
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
Should we really pay attention to them, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
The Alibaba tycoon is all about Love Quotient, not IQ or EQ.
While the Delhi government announced that schools will not be allowed to hike fees during the lockdown period and only tuition fee will have to be paid, Maharashtra has said parents can lodge complaints with district education officers if schools demanded fees. The Gujarat government had on Monday announced that private schools will not hike fees for an year. The West Bengal government has appealed to schools to refrain from hiking fees.
Many of the stories, the pictures going out of India worldwide lately with these provocative processions, taunting of Muslims, bulldozers targeting mostly their properties, the sweeping 'othering' of a community of 200 million are painting the front pages and TV screens in the democratic world. That is where most of the friends we covet lie. Soon enough, these will also make our vital friends among the Muslim nations, from Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, uneasy. The best time for course correction is now, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
It's also among the top five most valuable Internet companies in India, reports Yuvraj Malik.
The op-ed ends with a call to the world to work shoulder to shoulder to end hate, violence and suffering.
This year's Laureates have shown how the problem of global poverty can be tackled by breaking it down into a number of smaller - but more precise - questions at individual or group levels, he Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
Path-breaking tennis ace Sania Mirza takes pride in the fact that many of India's sporting stars, outside cricket, are women even though she believes that it will take a few more generations before being a sportswoman is seen as a natural career choice in the country. The winner of six Grand Slam titles, spoke on a range of issues including the role of parents and attitude of coaches towards women players during a webinar organised by the All India Tennis Association and the Sports Authority of India (SAI).
'A Colourful World is for every child, telling them that like the different coloured crayons in a box, they should also appreciate their differing identities, shine and live peacefully with other human beings in our colourful world.'
'Now, no one can stop me from making music till the day I die.'
Schoolteacher Nandini Anandkumar didn't let the lockdown get her down.
'Hybrid learning is the future, and test prep is a big segment within the entire education space in India.'
What the Indian economy looks like next January will influence her view on India, not her genetics, notes Shekhar Gupta.
'You do not need to roar to be a tigress.'
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
The one common thread that we see across these jobs is that they are all highly human-centric, points out Ramesh Kumar.
Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale.
What is really needed is a tenure track where higher pay goes with accountability, not peer review which tends to favour the upward drift of the incumbent mediocrity.
He had come in search of jobs in America to rescue his presidency and India failed him in more ways than one, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Continuing with the same behaviour while things around you change is a sure recipe for failure. Successful leaders will demonstrate agility and adaptability.
The Rs 19,100 crore 'Indian film industry' is more than its monikers for three simple reasons, feels Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Miss Teen World 2019 Sushmita Singh shares her inspiring journey to the top.
Rediff readers tell us about their first salary.
UNICEF India has teamed up with social media influencers to raise awareness about menstrual hygiene.
It is important to understand the resources that each boarding school offers.
"We are committed to building a new India. We have to do this as early as possible," he said.
'We want to be in kids' learning like what Disney is to kids' entertainment.'
'Safest' looks like a phone booth, but is a state-of-the-art mobile COVID-19 testing lab.
'The cold weather of Delhi was thawed away completely by the warmth of the prime minister,' says Kshitija Desai.
The best choices in life are the ones you don't make.
Amartya Sen was the other Presidency alumni to win the Economics Nobel. Banerjee won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize along with two others - his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer on Monday "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty."
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
Subramanian was the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Development in the US before joining the ministry.
The World Environment Day 2015 logo has an Indian touch.
If India wants to satisfy the aspirations of its youth, it will have to revamp the higher education system without ifs and buts
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