Tuesday, 27 October 2015

“Attacks on Authors, Intellectuals, Scholars and Professors in India?” ―Professor M.S.Rao







“Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.” ― Mahatma Gandhi


Why should a few section of people in India attack authors, intellectuals, scholars and professors when the latter voice their views on print media and social media? Do they not have right to voice their views? Are we getting intolerant with others’ ideas and insights? Are we living in a civilized society? Are we living in a democracy country?

It is unfortunate that politicians and the goons engaged by them attack authors, intellectuals, scholars and professors with inks to catch the attention of people in India. But they hardly realize that their acts put India on the global map for negative reasons. What the world will think about India when such attacks are made? The world will think that there is a growing intolerance in India. They think that democracy exists only in constitution, not in reality.  They will laugh at Indians and India for such things.  Any individual or institution or nation must be on the news for the right reasons, not for the wrong reasons. Unfortunately, India is on the global map for wrong reasons repeatedly.

Is it the same land where Mahatma Gandhi was born who fought for India’s freedom on the principles of truth and non-violence? The world will doubt our democratic credentials and our intentions when authors, intellectuals, scholars and professors are attacked. If that is their condition, what would be the fate of common men and women who suffer the most? Most of the crimes against them go unnoticed.

It is time for us to change our mindset. We must have tolerance to the views of others. We must disagree with them politely, peacefully and democratically.

Let us build an India which is democratically strong standing on the four pillars of legislature, executive, judiciary, and press. Let us demonstrate to the world that India is a peace loving country, and it stands on the Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of truth and non-violence. Let us celebrate diversity which is the strength of India. Without religious tolerance and respect to all communities, India cannot grow as a dignified nation and as a strong nation. Let us all strive hard to inculcate right attitude in Indian citizens to respect all the citizens to take our country forward.

Here is my message to the brothers and sisters of India. Love your mother but don’t hate another persons’ mother. As your mother is precious to you, another person’s person is equally precious them. As your community is close to your heart, another person’s community is close to their hearts. When you think in these lines, you develop tolerance and respect the views and opinions of others and present yourself positively. Let us strive to build country which is tolerant and democratic with an emphasis on respect to all communities.  Jai Hind!


“I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world tolerance and universal acceptance.” ― Swami Vivekananda




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“Irregularities and Corruption in Private Pharmacy, Medical and Engineering Colleges in ‘Bangaru Telangana’” ―Professor M.S.Rao











"Make the iron hot by striking it." ― Oliver Cromwell


TRS government in Telangana has taken some initiatives to set irregularities and corruption in the private pharmacy, medical and engineering colleges in the new state to create ‘Bangaru Telangana’ (Golden Telangana). However, there are some colleges that still don’t comply with the guidelines of their affiliated universities like JNTU Hyderabad and Osmania University.

There is a lot of corruption and irregularities in the private colleges presently. It is the responsibility of regulating authorities like All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the affiliated universities for these colleges to look into these irregularities to check corruption. The owners of these private colleges don’t pay salaries on time, and they cheat the leaving employees by not paying their salaries for months. They are notorious in filing wrong cases against the leaving faculty and employees. They use the faculty during inspections and throw them after the inspections. Their main intention is to show to the regulating authorities that they complied with the guidelines. They don’t have the required faculty strength as per the stipulated guidelines. They show the names of same faculty who serve in other colleges. That means the same faculty serves in multiple colleges simultaneously. Some faculty offers their services like the cameos in films. It is an open secret known to everybody including the regulating authorities. The Hindu, in its article titled ‘Names of over 50,000 teachers figure on rolls of more than one institution’ outlined the irregularities URL: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/faculty-names-fraud-across-engineering-colleges-in-india/article7190827.ece. These owners show to regulating authorities that they pay salaries as per the AICTE guidelines and collect the differential amount from the faculty through withdrawal forms before paying monthly salaries. Any common man with common sense can understand this open corruption and irregularities if they check the bank statements of the employees from these colleges. In some cases, the faculty ends up paying more tax to income tax authorities since they are shown with higher salaries on records. How can we expect excellence in Indian education when irregularities occur in this manner?  The world will laugh at our irregularities and corruption in private colleges.  Some of the owners have connection with local criminals and mafia, and they browbeat the leaving faculty with dire consequences. They also threaten filing wrong cases against the leaving employees to avoid complications for them. It is unfortunate that these irregularities are happening in ‘Golden Telangana’. Hence, the chief minister of Telangana State, Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao must take a serious note of these things and order probe in erring colleges to create healthy education system.

It is unfortunate to bring it to the notice that the top officials of these affiliated universities take bribes or accept gifts from these owners of private colleges. They are also invited for ‘guest lectures’ and ‘graduation day’ ceremonies and they get handsome honorarium from these erring private colleges. In this way, a lot of ‘give and take’ takes place between the owners of these private colleges and the officials of their affiliated universities. It is time that the social media, print media, nonprofits, government officials, intellectuals and thought leaders check corruption and irregularities in these private colleges to create ‘Bangaru Telangana’.  


Steps to Create Healthy Educational Institutions

Students suffer a lot due to dearth of infrastructure. Faculty suffers due to non-receipt of salaries on time from these private colleges. Parents are caught between the devil and the deep sea. They are not ready to fight against these erring colleges as it might adversely affect the scores and grades of their children in these colleges. The faculty cannot fight as they have the fear of losing their jobs. Likewise, everybody has their own concerns. But somebody must take initiative to cleanse the Indian education system from corruption and irregularities. Here are some steps to create transparency in the private colleges:
  • Find out whether they have adequate faculty as per the norms and rules. Ensure that they maintain adequate faculty-student ratio.
  • Organize sudden inspections to find out whether the faculty is really working or are these colleges showing fake list of faculty. Check their attendance records and biometric systems to cross verify the attendance. Only then the colleges must get permission to start courses. In this way, we will be able to have the colleges that have financial and ethical stamina to conduct courses and run their institutions to provide quality education to students and offer intellectual ambience for faculty.

Those educational institutions that are found to be unethical and corrupt must be derecognized. It gives a stern warning to other corrupt colleges. In this way, other colleges will follow the proper system and it ultimately helps students acquire quality education.

Remember, the day corruption enters into Indian armed forces and educational institutions, the country will collapse. Hence, all patriotic citizens and nonprofit organizations must come forward to cleanse Indian education system and colleges from corruption. Jai Hind!


“A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.” ― Lewis Mumford, writer and philosopher

References
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/faculty-names-fraud-across-engineering-colleges-in-india/article7190827.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/colleges-at-a-loss-to-explain-shared-faculty/article7190859.ece?ref=relatedNews




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Wednesday, 21 October 2015

“Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asia’s Nobel Prize) for Indians” ―Professor M.S.Rao











"The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership." — Harvey S. Firestone


Ramon Magsaysay Award is  the Asia's highest honour given to Asians in six categories.  Established in 1957,  it is considered the Nobel Prize of Asia.  It is named after the third president of the Republic of the Philippines. In the same year (1957) Philippines lost Ramon Magsaysay in a plane crash on March 17.  The first Ramon Magsaysay Awards were given on August 31, 1958. The first awards were given to five outstanding individuals working in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Sri Lanka, and a Philippine-based organization.

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation gives the prize to Asian individuals achieving excellence in their respective fields. This prestigious award is given to 6 Asians every year for outstanding contributions in government service, public service, community leadership, journalism, literature and creative communication arts, peace and international understanding and emergent leadership.

During the 2000 Magsaysay Awards presentation ceremony, the Foundation announced the creation of a sixth Award category, Emergent Leadership. The Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership honors "individuals, forty years of age and below, doing outstanding work on issues of social change in their communities, but whose leadership is not yet broadly recognized outside of these communities." An award in this category was given for the first time in 2001. 

The award is conferred on those whose selfless service has offered their societies, Asia, and the world successful solutions to some of the most intractable problems of human development.

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is given to celebrate greatness of spirit and transformative leadership. Over three hundred outstanding men, women and organizations were given this prestigious award since its inception in 1957.  Awardees are selected annually by the trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. Awardees are presented with a certificate and a medallion with an embossed image of Ramon Magsaysay.  The Award is presented to awardees in formal ceremonies in Manila, Philippines on August 31, the birth anniversary of Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay.  List of Indians who have received Ramon Magsaysay award are as follows: 
    Amitabha Chowdhury
    Kiran Bedi
    T N Seshan
    James Michael Lyngdoh
    Jayaprakash Narayan
    M.S. Subbulakshmi
    Manibhai Desai
    Baba Amte
    Lakshmi Chand Jain
    Banoo Jehangir Coyaji
    Mahesh Chandra Mehta
    V Shanta
    Vinoba Bhave
    Verghese Kurien India
    Dr. Dara N Khurody India
    Tribhuvandas Patel
    Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
    M.S. Swaminathan
    Ela Bhatt
    Mabelle Arole India
    Rajanikant Arole
    Pramod Karan Sethi India
    Chandi Prasad Bhatt
    Pandurang Shastri Athavale
    Aruna Roy India
    Rajendra Singh
    Shantha Sinha
    Prakash Amte
    Mandakini Amte
    Amitabha Chowdhury
    Satyajit Ray
    Boobli George Verghese India
    Sombhu Mitra
    Gour Kishore Ghosh India
    Arun Shourie
    R. K. Laxman
    K.V. Subbanna India
    Ravi Shankar
    Mahasweta Devi
    Palagummi Sainath
    Mother Teresa
    Jockin Arputham
    Laxminarayan Ramdas
    Sandeep Pandey
    Arvind Kejriwal
    Nileema Mishra
    Deep Joshi
    Harish Hande
    Kulandei Francis


Conclusion

The people who received these prestigious awards have contributed their best in their respective areas. They worked for satisfaction, not for recognition.  Hence, excel in your area and contribute your best without looking for recognition to make a difference to the society.


"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." — Margaret Mead

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay_Award
http://www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/


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Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World in 2013
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