Vision for Knowledge Based India
- Dr. Sanjay Jain (sanjaylambade@rediffmail.com)Department of Physics, Y. C. College of Engineering, Nagpur, INDIA.
Our honourable scientist President, Dr. A. P. J. Kalam, has set a very clear goal before the nation to make India a developed nation by 2020. The President has also emphasized that a strong knowledge base and greater involvement of young minds are factors that will accelerate our march towards this goal. This proposal addresses this goal and attempts to develop a vision for knowledge based India.
- Section I is devoted to develop a proper perspective of the terms knowledge, learning and education.
- Section II presents a discussion of the Indian scenario in this perspective. The links between knowledge and development are brought to fore in this section so as to propose reforms that will accelerate our march towards the goal of vision 2020.
- In Section III we discuss the application of this perspective to education in physics, the most fundamental natural science. Though the discussion focuses more on undergraduate (UG) physics education it applies equally well to other branches and levels of education.
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What experts have to say !
"...With great interest I finished reading your note. I have been now thinking about the list of things to do.. Would you help me please in identifying ten recommendations based on your note that will help India in Education and Science? I would appreciate your help in this. There after we can discuss next steps...."- Sam Pitroda, Chairman, Knowledge Commission of India.
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- Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission