Category Archives: Education

Can You Write a Full Sentence of More Than 140 Characters Anymore?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

In the IT Services industry you have to be able to write code. And English. In fact, not being able to write code may be alright. But without English you just can’t function. And yet, it is surprising how little … Continue reading →

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The Role of English in Modern India

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

The New York Times has a piece India Faces a Linguistic Truth by Manu Joseph English is the de facto national language of India. It is a bitter truth. The article goes on to depict this battle between people who … Continue reading →

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IIM Ahmedabad ranked 11th by FT

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

The Financial Times has its Global MBA rankings for 2011 out. IIM Ahmedabad is ranked 11th. It was not ranked in previous years. So this is completely out of the blue. The Economist recently also published their MBA rankings. IIM … Continue reading →

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TVU Immigration Scam

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

From The Hindu This could become one of the largest immigration frauds to ever hit the U.S. university system With 95% of the students involved said to be of Indian origin, hundreds may face deportation Tri Valley University, here in … Continue reading →

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For Budding Social Entrepreneurs

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

Many friends and people I know have been taking up responsibilities or causes that have a social objective. Education is a particularly good field where the needs are great in India and where people like us have been beneficiaries of … Continue reading →

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English Medium Education Can Lead to Poorer English

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

Giridhar Rao has a new essay out From Mother Tongue to Many Tongues which makes two interesting points One that English medium education can lead to “poor educational outcomes” “It is now well established that when a child begins learning … Continue reading →

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Make Work Homework

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Basab Pradhan

A few years ago my son who is now in middle school got some vocabulary homework for English. It was a pretty long list of words. He was supposed to write the meaning of each word and then use it … Continue reading →

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Career Advice to the IIM Ahmedabad Graduating Class

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Basab Pradhan

Last week I was at IIM Ahmedabad for my 20 year reunion. For two days and three nights we had non-stop fun reliving all the special memories from our times at IIM. Reunions, some say, can be quite a let … Continue reading →

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Trip to IIM Ahmedabad

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Last weekend I made a trip to my alma mater – IIM Ahmedabad. Prof. Arvind Sahay who teaches Marketing and is the Chairman of the PGP X program, invited all the entrepreneurs from my batch (and his). Ten entrepreneurs from … Continue reading →

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My Government School

Posted on November 11, 2006 by Basab Pradhan

I grew up in a small town called Hisar in Haryana. My father was a Professor at Haryana Agricultural University and I did most of my schooling at Campus School. As the name suggests, the school was meant for the … Continue reading →

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