Mission 2020...Is it tangible....????

The voice of our dear former president and a great educationist, Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam is still echoing in the hearts of every youth in India. The voice that assured that India would be a super power by 2020. The dream of every individual who contributes for the Nation's growth is this!! Everyone is striving currently to make our India the Super Power in another 10 years. Its the dream that is being cherished by all the leaders of India who truly have interest in this Nation's development.

But wait!! Are we on the right road towards achieving that dream?? I fear We aren't. The trouble starts right at the top. The people ruling this country. Every politician who is elected is concerned very much in securing his post and to loot as much as possible during his tenure. The allocated funds for development activities are spend in the Minister's personal development. The usual note that these people sound is "Lack of Fund". But, when all the money is swallowed by these ruthless rulers, from where does one get money to bring a suitable change??

The next major issue is population. India has a commanding lead in this area and is on a flying start to beat China soon. Lots of campaigns, lots of awareness programs on television and radio, but the masss pay no heed for all the announcements and continue increasing the population and thereby inviting more trouble for the nation. The villages, where birth control is considered an offence, are the areas of primary concern where the population growth is exponential. They consider children as their asset and any damage to this ritual is subjected to severe punishment. This prevents even the Government to interfere and bring about any useful measures. The immediate task is to put a check on population growth in rural areas first.

The next area, obviously is to bring a sea-change in the educational system. Why is a contry like India, where education is given a top priority does not succeed at the corporate level? The reason is that we concentrate much on imparting education to children but fail to illuminate with the thought as to why they study and what changes that they can bring to our country. This is what the distinction between the education in India and the Foreign Nations. US and countries like France and Germany have got many inventors but we Indians, whom we call ourselves as the Brain-Factory of the World have produced only a few people who changed the way the World sees them. Ofcourse, am not here to blame the whole system of eucation here.. I have a valid explanation for this too. Read on....

Poverty... The unconquerable evil in India is a major hindrance for education in our country. A family where there are no scholars, when a child of theirs becomes the First scholar, the family wants him to capitalise on his learning and earn more for the family, rather plunge into research. In our country, as a general tone, research is set aside for people who have a good financial background. We are not talking of the middle and upper middle class as poor here. Peopl who can't afford food for atleast two times a day are the major concern. Ironically, in our country 75% of the population is under this category!!! Now this is what preventing our human resource to produce high quality research products. Well, India too had people from very poor background like, Dr. Ambedkar, Sir.C.V.Raman, Ramanujan, Dr.Abdula Kalam and a very few. This list of people, of no doubt have made the World to notice India as a emerging super power.

Now, the problem with our country is very clear. The rich gets richer and richer and the poor, poorer and poorer. When and only the wealth of the Nation is equally distributed among the masses, people start working with passion rather for those high salaries!! This one is a bit difficult in the current scenario. But, we as Engineers have a considerable role to uplift or forge our nation into a land of burgeoining technologies. Well, how are we going to do it? As it is well said, "Knowledge gets improved when shared". This also means that we can travel places for getting what we need. We must travel all around the World, learn the techniques that have made the respective nations the fore-runners in their World. The next step is to analyze the current situation here and adopt the policies that one has learnt around the World. Not clear, we must become Business-tycoons or to put it in a simple way "Entrepreneurs". If and only if we take the torch in our hand we can guide people better. By working under an employer for some period of time, we gain certain experience in us and must make the best of it when we become the leaders of a firm.

So, Engineers, the goal is set. The tasks made clear. Only remaining activities are commitment from us and the most important "taking the initiative". Once these two are done, then there must be no looking back. Lets join hands to bring out that New India which our Student-friendly scientist wanted.... India The Super-Power.. Isn't awesome to hear...

Reciprocate One's Love

Many of us have been with various friends during different parts of our lifetime. Everyone of us have an amount of love and affection towards our friends. But, this love is different for different people. It depends upon the respect we have for them and the closeness of their relationship with us. Many of us do the this common mistake. We don't reciprocate other's love adequately. Many friendships have been broken due to this silly act.

Some have this common attitude, of treating everyone as their friends. This is an extremely good attitude that brings people together as a closely knitted group and helps in working together. But, what these people don't realize is that there are people surrounding them who give them the extra care they need when its most needed. It hurts a lot when they don't react accordingly and treat them as "just equal" like others. There is no meaning now in showing extra care. So, for those of you who love to make many friends be cautious that you don't leave those who trust you a lot "heavy hearted".

It takes lots of effort to make a good friend and even more goes in maintaining them. If the effort is not equal among both the parties involved in the relationship, then the relation doesn't mean the same to both the people. One values it dearly and the other sees it as a mere liability. There are other kind of people, who are too possessive. Possessiveness is good to some extent, but see to it that it doesn't ruin the relationship. Be possessive only if the other person likes to be possessed. I wish my friends will take this article seriously and make a good world of faithful comrades.

Live thru the transition....

Well! The time has come for all of us to shift from College to Corporates. What it takes to be successful in getting into a corporate and further staying in it? The requirements are pretty different than those for the semester exams. Thinking out of the box, real time scenarios, experimentation and so on.. These are some of the key tasks one will be doing inside the corporates. Before that, there is something happening between this college life and the life with the companies. Yes, the transition.....
How it sounds:
Some welcome this transition with a broad smile, as it gives them an opportunity to try their hands with some real world problems. For some others, its a sudden act of "independence" which affects them, because they might have done everything under heavy scrutinizing and lack of this puts them under heavy pressure. Whatever may be the case, the transition is sure for all. Well, how to go about this? Primarily, a change of attitude is required. See every problem you study as a real world problem or at least associate them with a real world entity. Imagine some solution that could solve the problem even in the real world.
Learn the other way:
While learning the subjects, learn those subjects that really interests you with some passion which will carry you forward. Select your domain where you want to work, because it gives you two advantages. First, it gives you job satisfaction. Second, it enables you to deliver the best project as you love your job. Consider the practical aspects of the subjects and enquire whats really happening rather than just mugging up!!
Finally:
Successful people are those who grow through this transition and gain as much experience as possible through their projects. Mere theoretical knowledge will do no good. Projects lend you a helping hand when you want to explore things and don't take projects "a take it for granted aspect". Hope u enjoy this transition.. good luck!!!

Relations Vs Education

Prologue..
Relations and Education, I think are the two most important factors which affects most of the people throughout this World. This is because both these can contradict each other under many occasions, and even land you into a dilemma when it comes to decision making. Education ......Well, it all started when man started understanding the Nature. The deeper he learnt about it, the more interested he became and the more he learnt. This, on one hand enabled him to create a better place to live in.
Employee and Employer...
Then came the period when people started a concept of "working". Under this, people work for somebody and get their equivalent amount either as gold or as any other commodity. Then, the World's population increased and there was a competition for earning this so called "job". It was at this time, the concept of "evaluating a person if he is employable" started and then came learning what other people have done already, which is defined as "EDUCATION". With this trend, people started losing their originality since they became more and more of the other person than being themselves.
The Link....
You may wonder, how this affects human relations. Well, I ve the answer. Initially, people done their own business and exchanged their goods for goods that they are insufficient of. But, since "working for others" has aslo started, there arose the competition among the masses, then followed, pride, jealosy, egoism and all the evil that men shouldn't posses. So, man who paid lot of interest to human relations, now diverted towards "winning over others". The "care for all" concept is gone all over now, retorting back to the books. False relations started growing just for the sake of getting things done and the true love perished.
The Panacea...
Is there a solution for this? Well, every problem has a solution, as it should be. Do not confuse education with relationships. Be, who you are when you are with the people around you. When it comes to learning, develop an attitude that what you learn is surely going to serve this society. Because, something that doesn't help this society improve isn't worth learning. From the time immemorial, the aim of education was to make people happy by understanding nature. Tats why, we study weather conditions to fore-warn the people of impending cyclone, have thousands of sensors to indicate forest fires to save trees and wild animals and so on... What I say here may sound too elementary, but this is something everyone has seems to forgotten.
Please Do This....
Finally, everyone of us is going to move into a service oriented industry that caters to the needs of people. Whatever project you do, remember that you are doing it for a same person like you, because its the general public who is going to get benefitted by it. You can see the relationship thread running here. What I say here is, education is meant to keep relations intact rather to alienate people. Don't argue over unimportant aspects of education with peers or even with professional. Speak up only if its worth arguing such that the result is an enhancement in human relations. No big deal, the World is meant to be happy always, tats why we learn..... and this learning must make us happier and happier as we learn something deeper and deeper..think on............

Whats Technology all about??

Technology is a word that has got many abstract meanings in today's world. It sounds different to people from different domains. To a doctor it means something that enhances the way he handles his patients. To a poet its merely an element to sing about. To a teacher its something he has to keep learning on and on, because technology has no bounds on grounds of its development.

But, the unbelievable truth is that Engineers are the first people who get affected or benefitted by a wave called "Technology". Its their life that sees a round about change. First, whats this technology all about. To be precise, it is a tool by which an engineer enhances the life-style of common men or civilians. Its also the same cause for which science and inventions have strived for, all through the centuries.

Technology aims at easing the day to day activities of mankind. There is one important thing that every engineer needs to realise. Whenever he embarks on a new thinking that ultimately leads to a new idea, it must be based upon the central idea of helping the common people. It must aim to solve a major issue among the masses. Edison has once said that "I don't invent things that don't benefit the people ultimately", which literally means, he doesnt invent things that don't sell in the commercialmarket.

The IT majors all over the world do only this kind of job, identifying people problems and defining new solutions. Ofcourse, thinking out of the box, which means out of the ordinary is necessary to solve these problems, but doing so should not complicate the problem solving process itself. So, its high time the engineers realise that its for helping the common people for what they graduate and technology is one powerful tool in their hand. I wish every engineer follows this fine thread and keeps this world closely knitted through the concept of "Engineering".

Chasing Your Dreams......

Everyone of us have a dream of our career, which we like to pursue in our future. This dream enables us to create a vision of our destiny and helps us to act towards it. The most important aspect here is not just dreaming of our future but how efficiently we move towards it. The preliminary task here is finding exactly where our interest lies. Without knowing this aspect of our's, its extremely difficult to figure it out what our future is.

Once you find whats that interests you or about that which you are passionate about, start working towards it by channelising your enery and your mental powers. Narrowing your thoughts towards a particular domain is extremely important here, because it enables you to analyze a particular area in detail. Once you have done this, the next thing is the learning process. Learning can be done through doing some innovative projects in your period of study that corresponds to your domain. This hands on experience on a particular technology helps you better to step ahead on the same field.

When you do a project on your area of interest, you have a chance of learning the various aspects of diffeent modules that are used in it. This is certainly useful when we do a real time project in the same field. When you are doing these, you realise that your dream is getting into reality slowly. This is what we call as "Chasing your dream", because a good dream is very encouraging and motivating, but when you start working with it the hurdles that occur in between seem that the dream drifts away from you. Thus, it becomes mandatory to chase your dream and achieve it to have a satisfied job experience.

The Flow of Life.....A Realisation...

Life is the best teacher for many and of course its for me too. It has taught me how to enjoy success and also how to learn from my failures. But, there s one different aspect of life which everyone hates to endure, "going through tough times". Life is good when everything goes our way and we feel "at the world's end" when something goes against us. This kind of experience, I believe everyone of us would have endured for sure.

There have been occasions when we enjoyed a lot with our friends, tasted success in whatever we did and to sum up "everything went our way". Those were the periods when we thanked God for giving us this beautiful life. But, none of us ever wishes to even think of those periods when failure was our way of life and tragedies were the day-to-day events. This is the other part of life, or to put it simpler, the other side of the coin. The two aspects of the life are inseparable. Lets see how to view this befuddled part of our life.

Life is a flowing river that takes all who are in its way, the same manner a river takes all those particles floating on it. The particles pass through the smooth water surface, through cool waters and surrounded by lush vegetation. But, they also stumble upon hard rocks and flow from high cliffs. The same anomaly can be employed here, people as particles of river pass through happier moments also through the darker periods during their life. What is implied here is "everyone must accept the flow of life".

Sometimes life lends you a warm touch and at other times hits you with a hammer. A clever person recognises the hammer as the alarm to change his course of action to become a better individual and acts accordingly. Next, life doesn't always provide you with the same resources, as I said, warm moments and hard times are provided as mandatory to every individual. Also, the two of them are never permanent. One succeeds the other and may be their effects are permanent. But, a even more intelligent person changes those effects due to bad times into better ones when he s through better times!!!

Accept the flow of life as it treats you. Don't stand against it. This doesn't mean you must give up when there is no hope of continuing further. Efforts are different from flow of life. What you do constitute the efforts and the rest come under the forces of life. When you have done your fullest and if still something goes wrong, then it indicates something better awaits you in the near future and its going to be a surprising turn of events. Everyone must do what is expected of them and the result then doesn't affect them, because they will surely be rewarded some day if not immediately.

To conclude, nothing is lost when something is lost. Not everything is achieved when success is tasted, finally "Don't let success reach your head and failure reach your heart"......Accept life as it comes to you...........Life is beautiful##