INSIGHTFUL CLASSROOM @ 'Tare Zameen Par'

All of us remember the entrance of Aamir Khan in the movie 'Tare Zameen Par'. It was as if something magical, challenging conventions, processes had emerged out of nowhere. For those of you who might have missed it please watch before proceeding.....

First class in the reputed campus of NITIE and enters Dr. T. Prasad also famous as Dr. Mandy in the campus. There is nothing aamir khan like in this man (at least in appearance) just that he is 'super enthu wala prof' with globe shaped balls in his one hand and colorful toys in another. Within moments the balls and the toys were flying all around in the classroom, perfect way to have fun for the first timers but soon the whole class was to realize that they were nothing but a bunch of beggars lucky to find someone ready to pay their expenses. The average cost of not doing a job and spending at an post graduate programme was very high (varying from 2000 to 4500 in the batch).

The takeaway from this is not that the batch is stupid to join the programe but that batch is lucky enough to get this education and now should utilize this opportunity effectively not just to benefit themselves but the society. One should be himself benefitted was made clear by the naara 'Aaj ki roti aaj hi kamayenge' which was reiterated in a vow taking fashion in the classroom. Also a brainchild of Profesor Prasad  Blog writing was put forward as this will be beneficial for thousands who don' t have access to premier education platforms such as NITIE. Every student under his guidance is supposed to write blogs for learning in every classroom as part of curriculum. Initially the idea appears like ' O teri ki kahan fas gaye'. But soon I realized what he was proposing was a sustainable way to educate others, improve oneself and also an opportunity to monetize these blogs in the direction of Naara'Aaj ki roti aaj hi kamayenge'.

With this example he wanted to make us think of alternate models in short our own dhandha's if we could come up with (during stay at the campus since it is known universally that about 50 % of time we have would remain un utilized) as it would be a proud moment to have another entrepreneur coming up of NITIE.

Now was the time to collect the toys and think of selling the stuff to potential buyers in a real world. Initially the task appeared tough but given some thought and understanding of product with application of engineering concepts showed these products as great selling stuff. For eg. the simple colorful butterfly had a circular hole in its center wherein a pen could be stuck and used to explain principle of center of mass and gravity. The whole idea behind this was another slogan 'Socho Becho Becho Seekho Seekho Socho Socho Becho'. This idea and its practical application as seen in the classroom are really appreciable and NITIE has pioneered the concept in form of events such as Mandi which has already found huge crowd of enthusiasts among newcomers at NITIE.

The unique approach and fun filled atmosphere created by Dr. T. Prasad is going to be highly beneficial for the entire society as everyone can write passionately about the field of their interests and this would make available knowledge to everyone which would form an equitable society. I through this blog would like to communicate all my readers to write blogs in their field of interest and also give their valuable suggestions for improvements that can be made to this blog.

Also people interested in POM (Principles of Organization and Management) should follow the blog and make use of any information that they can take away from here. I end paying my utmost respect to my new professor, hope I can extract as much utility as possible from this post graduate program.