‘Building India where dreams come true’ Journey to an exciting academic carrer

1. Dr Deepak B Phatak Subrao Nilekani Chair Professor Kanwal Rekhi Building Department of Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay Address to the academic fraternity at Amaravati, 8 August 2009 ‘Building India where dreams come true’Journey to an exciting academic carrer

2. India - Where dreams come true • Dreams of our students

3. India - Where dreams come true • Degree and a good job

4. India - Where dreams come true • Higher studies

5. India - Where dreams come true • Pursuit of knowledge

6. India - Where dreams come true • Good career path

7. India - Where dreams come true • Leading a happy life

8. India - Where dreams come true • Becoming successful

9. India - Where dreams come true • How must our India be?

10. India - Where dreams come true • A prosperous nation

11. India - Where dreams come true • A just and civil society

12. India - Where dreams come true • Full of opportunities

13. India - Where dreams come true • Life of love and harmony

14. India - Where dreams come true • Who will build such India?

15. India - Where dreams come true • Each one of us

16. India - Where dreams come true • How?

17. India - Where dreams come true • Quality Education • and • Quality Research

18. India - Where dreams come true • Science • Engineering • Technology • Management

19. India - Where dreams come true • and • Information Technology

20. India - Where dreams come true • To enable knowledge seekers

21. India - Where dreams come true • to solve problems …

22. India - Where dreams come true • … innovatively !

23. India - Where dreams come true • Knowledge • Teaching • Learning • Research

24. India - Where dreams come true • Nature has the best Applied • Science and Engineering

25. India - Where dreams come true • Nitrogen fixing • Firefly • Human Body

26. India - Where dreams come true • Birds building a nest • Who teaches them?

27. India - Where dreams come true • Human knowledge • - Grows Faster • - Cannot depend on genetics

28. India - Where dreams come true • Humans created ... • An institution called • TEACHER

29. India - Where dreams come true • Codification • Dissemination • Generation

30. India - Where dreams come true • Problems we all face

31. India - Where dreams come true • Compartmentalized, • rigid Syllabus

32. India - Where dreams come true • Examination Oriented • approach of students

33. India - Where dreams come true • Large size of the class

34. India - Where dreams come true Large class size • Individual attention impossible • Common ‘pace’ suggested for lectures Grasp Hard Work

35. India - Where dreams come true Large class size • Common pace forced on all students • What is the result? Grasp Average Hard Work

36. India - Where dreams come true Large class size • Effective teaching/learning should bring out the best in every student Grasp Average Hard Work

37. India - Where dreams come true • Innovative approaches

38. India - Where dreams come true • The 'Sunday' Lab

39. India - Where dreams come true • Observation • Experience • Acquisition

40. India - Where dreams come true • Reading • Thinking • Articulating

41. India - Where dreams come true • Research and Education

42. India - Where dreams come true • Ph D is not a degree

43. India - Where dreams come true • Ph D is not ‘just’ a degree

44. India - Where dreams come true • It is a mindset

45. India - Where dreams come true • A broad perspective

46. India - Where dreams come true • Spirit of inquiry

47. India - Where dreams come true • Critical analysis

48. India - Where dreams come true • Succinct articulation

49. India - Where dreams come true • Discussions

50. India - Where dreams come true • Meticulous hard work