In the domain of education, whether undergraduate or postgraduate, a common scene unfolds: a teacher poses a question, and a sea of students, buried in their smartphones, struggle to respond. This silence often leads to a disappointing realization. The question…
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Concept to Conclusion Series – 1 Dear all, I recall a poignant quote by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o: “No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid.” This sentiment is echoed in ISRO’s commendable achievement…
Read moreHow to master any subject that is out of our syllabus or domain? Not one, 16 of them. Some of them involve hardcore mathematics! Mathematics was my Achilles heel! Goddess Saraswathi did not bless me with it. I barely managed to scrape through it during my intermediate…
Read moreSurgical mastery is 75 percent Mindset, 25 percent handwork! Why do we need innovative learning methods? The truth is no matter how successful surgeons we become, there is always another level or something we haven’t learned or mastered. This is more so with specialities…
Read moreI am still under the spell of Christopher’s Nolan’s Inception. A powerful dialogue by the protagonist COBB has smitten me. That is, “The seed of the idea we plant will grow in this man’s mind. It’ll change him. It might even come…
Read moreDear all, Thank you very much for your thought-provoking feedback on my blogs and academic programs. I am pondering over three significant responses I have received. One, “we do pre-surgical planning. Isn’t it equal to storyboarding?”…
Read moreTo begin with, I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous Makara Sankranti. “You have deeper talent there. But, there’s a difference between talent and skill. Talent comes from God—you’re born with it. Skill comes from sweat and practice, and…
Read moreI picked up two key learning strategies as an NCC cadet during the pre-university course: deconstruction and deliberate practice. Daily running with a 12 kg backpack and a .303 rifle with a bayonet in hand, drenched in sweat in chilly winter, in hilly terrain,…
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