Did a test for nursery students. Here are the questions that were part of the test along with the comments. 1. Draw something for me. Most of the children drew a ball, an apple or a balloon. For nursery children, these are things which are simple to draw. The thought that comes to mind, is … Read more

Jayant Gadgil’s dad was in the government service. His basic education happened in a village where classrooms had short walls – and you could listen to whatever lecture seemed to interest you, unless the teacher got wise – and called you out to get you back mentally into his classroom. Jayant was the quintessential all … Read more

For someone who is known as a chatterbox, I found the idea of not talking for 10 days at Vipasanna – intriguing. Vipassana – the name conjures the image of some person doing some asana, but Vipassana is far removed from any physical actions! In January 2015, I had been to the Aurobindo Ashram in … Read more

One of the most challenging tasks in growing an organisation is developing a culture. Culture is something that is very important to us in hiring. Shivram Apte, 1995 batch Bulls Eye, runs the IT back office for a big US based pharma company. He put this post on his blog, which I reproduce: We know … Read more

When you solve problems, you come out with solutions which tend to be more intuitive. Works for 90% of the time, but in the 10% that it does not, you are left wondering what could be going wrong? These problems could be varied: How do we manage growth? How does my app become viral? Why … Read more

One of the schools that we want to emulate is Muni International. It is a school for under-privileged children in Delhi. It operates in one of the lower income localities. They have an interesting way of education: the Eklavya System. It positions every child as both a learner and a teacher. Children at Muni International … Read more

Milind Sohini did his BE (Mech) from COEP. He worked with Thermax for a few years before leaving for UT Austin to do his Masters in Manufacturing. He then went on to do his PhD from Georgia Tech. He worked for a few years flying planes, ok make that scheduling planes, for Delta Airlines before … Read more

Recruitment is an expensive affair for most companies. A company like Tata Tech, with a 6000 strong workforce, has an annual budget of Rs. 80 lakh just for travel related to recruitment. And what worries them more is the fact that the number of people who accept is reducing. There was a 90% acceptance rate … Read more

What is the purpose of a school? We often think it is to make kids employable. It is much more than that. It is to prepare them for life. Today we are producing mostly Degree gatherers and Corporate types. We need to move on to producing more Freelancers and Entrepreneurs. From CD –> To EF. … Read more

I met with Prof Ashok Jhunjunwala, thanks to my friend Arvind Gupta. Both are batchmates from  IIT Kanpur. He started by switching on the NSE terminal on his laptop. Prof is the chairman of the SEBI committee on technology, and he likes to keep track of how the site is behaving. Prof was courteous enough … Read more