True to the organic nature of life itself, a transdisciplinary education in liberal arts seeks to dissolve the interdisciplinary boundaries and equips its pupils with an eye for discerning intersectionality and interconnections as a template for learning for life and learning from life. Sociology, as one of the disciplines offered as a major in a … Read more
When James Watson and Francis Crick jointly received their Nobel in 1962 for their 1953-determination of the double helical structure of the DNA, other significant scientists who also aided in this discovery were left out (ever heard of Rosalind Franklin in this context as much as you may be aware of Watson and Crick?) In … Read more
ESSENCE OF LIBERAL ARTS “This is the best reason to learn history not to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies. Of course, this is not total freedom we cannot avoid being shaped by the past. But some freedom is better than none.” Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus … Read more
Pic Credit: Unsplash Artificial intelligence enables real-time decision-making based on pre-programmed algorithms and consistent computational methods. Artificial intelligence is not something far off in the future – it is already having actionable impacts on human resources today. Human resources departments are being influenced by artificial intelligence. Human resource management is not only soft skills and … Read more
Pic Credits: Unsplash Musings of a researcher- Dr. R. Venkatesh Pandemic, two years of disruption, industries limping to reach normalcy, have been the trend so far. The fashion industry is no exception. The fashion industry (henceforth refereed, “Industry”) in its attempt to find its feet, is adopting new priorities for its active consumers with effective … Read more
Pic Credit: Unsplash Intending to make India a global manufacturing hub, the Government of India (GoI) gave an open call to manufacturers from across the world to start manufacturing in India. International companies were focused on their competitive strengths such as cost leadership, technology, innovation, lean manufacturing, and defect-free products. Indian manufacturing organizations were challenged … Read more
Pic Credits: Unsplash The story of the exponential growth of the aerospace industry is quite amazing and is well known. The extent of advancement that has been made in the aerospace sector is probably unprecedented in the history of mankind. However, this sector would have made much more progress if the right materials were available … Read more
The energy demands have been raised drastically due to the rapid growth in the human population and its development activities. Electricity produced through renewable energy sources such as solar, onshore, and offshore wind and wave energy have succeeded remarkably over the past 20 years but the same cannot be used for other needy uses, in … Read more
Pic credits: Unsplash Very often, life brings us to a crossroads, to a dilemma of sorts, where we do not know where to go and whom to turn to. It is during these times that our inner strength, our inner self comes to help us. But what is this inner self? Where does it come … Read more
Pic credits: Unsplash The rising number of interpersonal issues and mental health concerns during the pandemic has made the world debate on issues related to well-being and happiness. Such discussions on happiness and well-being demonstrate a glaring issue. Many a time, the terms happiness and well-being are discussed separately, and sometimes interchangeably. But are they the same? … Read more