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Educational Philosophy Part 3: al-Kindi’s Multiculturalism
Written by Nethra Singhi The Philosophy of Education is a reflection on the nature, aims and problems of education. It is a branch of...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 33 min read
Educational Philosophy Part 2: Confucian Xueji
Written by Nethra Singhi The Philosophy of Education is a reflection on the nature, aims and problems of education. It is a branch of...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 35 min read
Learning From The Mavericks: Tom Watson Of IBM
This is a transcript of Ramji Raghavan’s podcast: Learning from the Mavericks: Tom Watson of IBM . . . It was the roaring...
Ramji Raghavan
Jan 37 min read
Educational Philosophy Part 1: Plato’s Republic
Written by Nethra Singhi The Philosophy of Education is a reflection on the nature, aims and problems of education. It is a branch of...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 35 min read
14 Amazing Women Icons in STEM
Can you name five leaders in the STEM fields in under a minute? Try now. Who did you think of? How many of them were men? Were any of...
Agastya International Foundation
Jan 35 min read
Learning From The Pandemic: Children’s Edition
Written by Nethra Singhi In a country of a hundred and eighty crore mobile phone users, seventy crores of which use the internet on it,...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 32 min read
Learning from the Mavericks: A Tribute to Ramanujan
This is a transcript of Ramji Raghavan’s podcast: Learning from the Mavericks: A Tribute to Ramanujan. . . . I first learnt about...
Ramji Raghavan
Jan 36 min read
Why Students Should Sometimes Be Teachers
Written by Nethra Singhi What is peer-to-peer teaching? Stanford professor Rick Reis defines peer-to-peer teaching as “students learning...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 33 min read
Agastya and its Ecosystem
Written by Nethra Singhi From a barren land with a limited water supply and fluctuating electricity, the Agastya Kuppam Campus is now a...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 33 min read
Making Space For Makerspaces
Written by Nethra Singhi “Learning by Doing” is a motto many educators are adopting today, aiming to make their classrooms more...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 33 min read
STEAM Education And The Path Forward
Written by Nethra Singhi Educators, especially in India, have long considered arts to be less important than science subjects. Until a...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 34 min read
Why Active Learning Should Be Activated In Classrooms
Written by Nethra Singhi There has always been a lot of discussion about learning processes and the limitations of traditional lecture...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 23 min read
What Is The Future Of Education?
Will We Use Technology In The Classroom Or Technology As The Classroom? Written by Nethra Singhi Teaching methods constantly adapt to...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 24 min read
The Budding Bookworms of Agastya
Written by Amna Majeed Roald Dahl’s Matilda (1988) is a canonical book that is read widely across the world by all age groups. The book...
Subbu Shastri
Jan 23 min read
Education is a Mountain
A mountain is an adventure. If you remove the sense of adventure, you are left with just a mountain.
Subbu Shastri
Dec 30, 20243 min read
LIFE IS LIKE A CURVED BUILDING
At a gathering of school leaders at the Agastya campus, a participant remarked on the exceptional architecture of the campus buildings “I...
Ramji Raghavan
Dec 2, 20242 min read
"Students should preserve their curiosity regardless of grades or external validation." : Manu Prakash, Stanford
Summary In a captivating discussion, Dr. Manu Prakash, a bioengineering professor at Stanford, shares insights into his scientific...
Agastya International Foundation
Nov 14, 20241 min read
A Chef Who Drives Princeton's Mission
A Chef Who Drives Princeton's Mission A few days ago, Monica and I were given a tour of Princeton University by James Van Wyck, who...
Ramji Raghavan
Jul 8, 20241 min read
Chinese Possibilities
A shift in context often sparks a new idea or opportunity. My recent visit to resurgent China marked a significant personal shift in...
Ramji Raghavan
Jul 8, 20244 min read
Living And Acting Creatively
41st Foundation Day Lecture at IIMB In January, 1882 Van Gogh, the great Post-impressionist painter in a letter to his brother Theo,...
Ramji Raghavan
Jul 8, 202410 min read
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