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Godspeed - A Nostalgic Musing of a Teacher
GODSPEED
A Nostalgic Musing
A teacher is a trustee. It is just like the birds. You take a flock of young students under your wings, nurture them, teach them to “fly”, and when they are ready, you release them into the world, set them free, watch them with pride as they fly into the sky, soar high above you, knowing that they will never ( Read more... ) -
INSIDE and OUTSIDE
INSIDE and OUTSIDE
A Story
By
VIKRAM KARVE
Here is an apocryphal story I heard once:
A certain man made an appointment to see a counsellor.
He arrived at the psychotherapist’s office and said to him, “Sir, please help me. I always feel depressed. No matter what I do I still feel depressed. I just don't know what to do.”
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Godspeed
GODSPEED
A teacher is a trustee. It is just like the birds. You take a flock of young students under your wings, nurture them, teach them to “fly”, and when they are ready, you release them into the world, set them free, watch them with pride as they fly into the sky, soar high above you, knowing that they will never come back, wishing that they ( Read more... ) -
A Soft Systems Approach to Higher Education
SOFT SYSTEMS APPROACH TO HIGHER EDUCATION
ROOT DEFINITION & CATWOE MODEL
By
VIKRAM KARVE
ROOT DEFINITION
The first step in Soft Systems Methodology ( SSM ) is to formulate the Root Definition of the System you are studying, analysing or designing.
A Root Definition is a structured description of a system. It is a clear statement of activities ( Read more... ) -
Dissertation
THE ART OF DISSERTATION
By
VIKRAM KARVE
I wrote a dissertation to earn my Masters Degree in Technology [M.Tech.] from IIT Delhi in 1983, and one more for my Post Graduation in Management in 1985. Since then I have supervised and guided dissertations, more than 40, maybe 50, chiefly for Masters Degrees in Engineering and Technology [ME / M. Tech ( Read more... )