Density Even the senior kids will take them some time to understand the concept of density. We used wood and a coin to start with to make them realise that objects can sink and float. I asked students why? They said that it was because one was heavier. Next time, need to choose two objects … Read more
I decided to engage students with some math. The simple question that I give to students was: the answer is given, find the question. Eg. 19 =? +? Questions were different for every student. Pranav was quite good in this. The rest of the students struggled. Will do activities below at some later time. · … Read more
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
Chakravarti, Amitav and Manoj Thomas (2015), Why Consumer (Don’t) Buy: The GO and STOP Signals, Palgrave Macmillan Most businesses view their consumers as homo economicus. The authors’ insight is that they are not. They feel that decisions happen because of some kind of Go/No Go filter that we all have. The stimuli of product attributes … Read more
AG: Shared a ride to Mumbai on Friday. Brainwashed Niket, my host from bla bla car, to totally avoid honking. Tips to do that. Whenever you feel like honking, use the brake. Another, maintain distance between you and the vehicle in front. This practice will result in reduced blood pressure, fewer accidents, and a … Read more
Chetan Singh Solanki grew up in a small village in MP. His dad was a farmer and Chetan’s education till grade 4 was in a single room village school. He shifted from there to Indore for his secondary school education. After finishing his engineering, he went on to do his M.Tech from IIT Bombay. He … Read more
Anantha Annaswamy was the next speaker. He talked about a project that he was associated with in his Medtronic days, Shruti. (https://www.medtronic.com/in-en/about/shruti.html) The aim was to reach out to people staying in slums, who often suffer from ear problems, and don’t realise it. A 3 year old, who continues to have a prolonged cold can … Read more
Shrikant Ingalhalikar is a 1971 product of COEP. Joined Tata Motors (those days Telco) from campus and was part of the third Graduate trainee engineer program at TML. Those days the GTE training used to be an intensive two year program. There was not much manufacturing happening in the Pune plant then. The first person … Read more
Mansoor had a happy childhood. He liked tinkering with gadgets, ended up making a few of his own! All because of a buddy from school. The family owned a farm in Panvel. He used to enjoy planting vegetables there. And Building tunnels. And swimming pools. Most of us believe that Wealth and Brains don’t go … Read more
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