Niranjan Kumar

How UPSC exams are getting lost in translation

November 28, 2020

The constitutional bodies which play an important role in the smooth running of Indian polity are—besides the government—the Election Commission, the Supreme Court and the Union Public Service Commission or UPSC. The UPSC mainly conducts various examinations for the Indian civil services, the ‘steel frame of India’, and has been...

Why new India needs to learn Vedic mathematics

October 3, 2020

I n his recent address on the radio and television programme, Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to a boy, Usman, and suggested him to study Vedic mathematics to succeed in competitive exams. He told him that knowledge of Vedic mathematics can help solve mathematical calculations as fast...

NEP 2020: Beginning of a new era in education

August 24, 2020

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is going to be an economic and societal gamechanger for India. If implemented well, it has all the wherewithal and resources to help the country meet local, national and global challenges in the 21st century. One of the most prominent features of NEP is...

A much-needed change to meet 21st-century challenges

August 1, 2020

Embodying the great legacy of Indian tradition, inspired by the vision of Mahatma Gandhi, and committed to the Constitution, given by Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 seems well-prepared to meet the global challenges of the 21st century. This is a significant change in the Indian...

Why online education is not a viable option for students

July 9, 2020

Education is one of the sectors which has been severely impacted by Covid-19. Perhaps the only silver lining in this crisis was online teaching, which some affluent schools and universities took recourse to using platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Team, Google Classroom, etc, along with YouTube and WhatsApp. Online teaching...

«1 2

Advertisement · Scroll to continue