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Sambit Dash

Sambit Dash

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The writer is a teacher at Manipal University.

By Sambit Dash

What is an effective attendance policy?

There is clearly no black and white as far as attendance policies in higher education are concerned.

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Do we really have good teachers?

The ever-changing role of teacher has currently placed the teacher as a facilitator, rather than an information dispenser.

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Why HRD ministry’s proposal of doing away with mandated research is required

The quality of higher education in India does not espouse veneration.

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Lessons to learn from row over fake job offer letters to Odisha engineering students

There are numerous questions that arise and they all point to gross lack of transparency.

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Why installing CCTV cameras in classrooms is a ludicrous idea

The outdated curricula and misplaced focus in medical colleges needs correction, not constant monitoring.

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India needs artificial intelligence in the classroom

Technology-based education is set to become a mainstay despite the opposition and resistance from the old school.

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Why Constitution must be taught at all levels

Concepts of secularism, federalism, freedom of expression, all of which invoke strong sentiments, need dispassionate teaching to the young.

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Why Odisha will not learn anything from SUM Hospital fire

The incident has asked too many uncomfortable questions.

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What Indian higher education needs a lesson on: autonomy

Unlike control, it leads to engagement - a prerequisite for good education.

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How Jagannath Temple servitors are disgracing Puri Rath Yatra

A tough cleansing drive is need of the hour.

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Will the new policy save India’s higher education?

The ball now is in the MHRD’s court. Will Smriti Irani walk the talk?

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Reviving MCI and med schools: How India can end its crippling healthcare crisis

Time for course correction is alarmingly running out.

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India needs to address non-communicable disease crisis

There is lot that health policymakers in the central and state governments can do to curb this rising menace.

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FTII to JNU row: Media sells you 'What you see is all that is' as news

It is neither flattering to know little nor intelligent to put everything into a coherent pattern.

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How Indian airline staff makes the life of a flyer miserable

I was faced with the lack of alacrity and disinterested behaviour of airline staff, who alienated me for rules.

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How an Odisha medical college row tied 124 students in a knot

There are more questions than answers in this sordid saga.

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When a 20-minute speech was all Vajpayee needed to win over Odisha

He was in the party, yet above it.

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Why your soft drink should cost more

With lifestyle diseases like obesity on the rise, it's a welcome idea.

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Why Ambedkar's 'Grammar of Anarchy' speech resonates even in today's India

It finds relevance 66 years later and delineates the pillars on which a sound democratic structure should stand.

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Modi's $1 million grant for Malaysian Indian students is a small step

As much as the assistance is welcome, efforts to increase their inflow into India should be prioritised.

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How our students can contribute to Indian economy instead of US

More than two lakh Indian students who go abroad spend nearly Rs 45,000 crore. India is losing that massive revenue.

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Why it's important to educate a doctor's heart

While healing the sufferings of countless, it is pertinent that are protected from stressful situations.

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What NJAC verdict means for the common man

The onus is now on the judiciary to come out clean by bringing about necessary amendments in its own house.

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What Make in India can learn from Malaysian economy

Increase in discontentment is a fallout which will sooner or later come to haunt the growth story.

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Choice Based Credit System will corrode Indian education

By pushing this mechanism, the MHRD is attempting to impede the autonomy of all universities.

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