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Interview with Mr. Swaroop K Raveendran Ceo of Try Once Agro Pvt Ltd Try Once Agro Pvt Ltd is basically a venture by a group of farmers based on Chittur, Palakkad. The company began as a farmers’ collective, then evolved into a private limited company. Initially the company was a farmers group then developed it into a private limited company. Try Once is led by Mr. Swaroop K Raveendran, a qualified M.tech structural engineer. He has got exposure to organic farming from a very young age and has won the Kerala state award for his farming. What was the inspiration…
Influence of artificial Intelligence in learning and teaching. Chalk and board system of teaching from the Victorian era did not go through major cycles of change till recently. Necessity is the mother of invention and the current global pandemic has rapidly increased the pace of innovation in the teaching learning process. Sitting still and quiet with military discipline to listen to a teacher whether you like it or not was the norm during the pedagogical dark ages. We are moving to a bright new era of student-centered, blended and hybrid teaching-learning process where a blend of flipped class, online class,…
Q.1 Please acquaint our readers with your journey as a visionary educationist, the Managing Trustee & Executive President of MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) I am currently at the helm of 4 universities consisting of 72 faculties/institutes, which are a part of the MAEER’s MIT Group of Institutions, Pune with over 65,000 students under its fold. My father Prof. Dr. Vishwanath D Karad, a visionary educationist, founded MAEER’s MIT Group of Institutions, Pune as one of the first private engineering colleges in Maharashtra in 1983. Over the last four decades, MIT as a group, has charted immense growth and has…
Physical education plays a key role in the development of a student’s life. It helps in developing students’ competence and confidence, and helps them to take part in a wide range of physical activities that are crucial to their lives— both in and out of school. The importance of physical education programs is to help students to develop a wide range of skills as well as gives them the ability to use tactics, strategies, and newer ideas to perform successfully both at home and school. In India it is considered that Health and Physical Education must continue to be a…
Sex or sexuality education is an integral part in every individual’s development but is still considered a taboo in many Indian schools. The misconception in the society that promoting sex education in schools would misguide students is still lingering while this is the only way to teach and educate students about the right to make meaningful choices about one’s body, advance gender equality and empower the youth. The 31st edition of Education Today will be themed on “ Importance of Sex Education in Schools” and we will be analysing how effective education on sex and sexuality would enhance and empower…
Influence of media in Education. Media has an exceptional influence on a comprehensive educational policy. However, people tend to evade media due to the advent of modern technologies. People frequently prefer to read two-sentence news on their phones and are satisfied with such limited information. Accordingly, they won’t be able to acknowledge and evaluate contemporary affairs. Second, traditional media has always been thought to protect our country’s truth and justice, whereas today there is an alarming increase in fake news and misinformation. In today’s world, cyberattacks are all too common. The practice of falsifying information is also widespread. All of…
What are your education and career backgrounds and When did your entrepreneurial journey begin? Where are you based now? I did my graduation in Mechanical Engineering from NSS Engineering College, Palakkad, under Calicut University, from 1995 to 1999. The beginning of my entrepreneurial journey is the beginning of my career as well. In 2000, I set up RainConcert, a company that focused on solving issues in society with technology. I led RainConcert for 15 years and was based out in Trivandrum. SheTaxi & E-Toilet were born out of RainConcert. We had also worked with over 200 startups in the US,…
Aparna Mulberry grew up in Kerala learning Malayalam. She shows her love for the Malayalam language through her Instagram handle, https://www.instagram.com/invertedcoconut/?hl=en. Aparna has already captured the hearts of both Malayalis and non-Malayalis across the world. Aparna also gives English classes through the Entri App https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.entri.entrime&hl=en_IN&gl=US. Being a popular Instagrammer, YouTuber, and English tutor, Aparna shares her love for the Malayalam language, Kerala culture and, thoughts about Cultural Education with Education Today. “Malayalam is a beautiful language. It’s like spoken poetry, that’s how I describe Malayalam to people who don’t know it.” Importance of providing cultural awareness among children? I think…
Actor, Director, Researcher and theatre-trainer, Dr.Sreejith Ramanan is currently Head of the Department at the School of Drama and Fine Arts, University of Calicut. He has won the best actor award from the state government of Kerala in 2003 for “Chaayaamukhi”. He was earlier the technical director for the International Theatre Festival of Kerala (ITFOK). What are your thoughts on the importance of performing arts in education? The period of educational growth in children is from their childhood to adolescence. In order for children to develop their education properly, they need to return their energy creatively. Children to grow up…
What factors of the Kerala model of education do you think made the state of Kerala possible to achieve international attention? The most important factor that the world looks at in the Kerala model of education is its inclusive nature. What it means is that everybody has the right to education as well as accessibility. The rich, as well as the poor, are entitled…