At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......
'Most students find it difficult to cope with the way they are expected to learn at the IITs.''So, all the students face the same stress.''But those students who are mentally weak are more......
'If you can simplify the technology, you don't need a doctor or a highly qualified technician to work on the technology; even an Asha health worker or a similar front line health worker can use it......
Lakshmanan contracted polio when he was only three months old.'I didn't want to go for the swayamvar, but my uncle convinced me to attend.'He sat close to the door at the swayamvar.And then, Rohini......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he regrets not being able to learn the world's oldest language Tamil during his long political innings as a chief minister and prime minister. ......
The move would enable it to take on top edtech companies such as Byju’s, Unacademy, Vedantu and traditional education institutes and tap country’s $180-billion education sector which......
Can business schools re-invent their role, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Business schools are in such a period of boom -- with the leading ones struggling to deal......
The Indian Institute of Science topped the HRD ministry's 2017 national rankings.In 2016, the IISc was ranked among the world's top 15 universities in the Times Higher Education University......
A culture of science and innovation must be embedded in society wherein people not only use new technology but understand it as well. Without this, obscurantism and blind faith can sit side by side......
'A business cannot be driven by the passion to make money, the passion to change society is far more important.''After a certain point, what value has money to a person?' A son of teachers,......
"For me, cinema must be an escape route. I believe the characters in my film must laugh and cry, fall in love, suffer heartbreak, go through an entire gamut of emotions. That's my world, and I......
Sukanya Verma picks 10 essential David Dhawan movies you need to watch to understand their loony appeal. David Dhawan's career is just like the movies he makes -- going with the flow. As a young......