1. THC_CTMSS386_July'081 Teachers as Makers of MEN By Dr T.H. CHOWDARY Director: Center for Telecom Management and Studies Chairman: Pragna Bharati (intellect India ) Former: Chairman & Managing Director Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited & Information Technology Advisor, Government of Andhra Pradesh T: +91(40) 6667-1191/ 2784-6137(O) 2784-3121® F: +91 (40) 6667-1111, 2789-6103 hanuman.chowdary@tcs.com thc@satyam.com Talk @ Machilipatnam, August 21 2008

2. THC_CTMSS386_July'082 Guru – Indian Thought Gururbrahma Agnaana Timirandhasya Gurukula Guru Sishya Sampradaaya

3. THC_CTMSS386_July'083 Vidyarthi ~ Student Seeker of Knowledge Guru guides, helps the efflorescence of the divinity inside Aham Brahmasmi Luceat X Vestrov Idam te na- atapaskeya Ignites Intelligence Who reads/studies what the teacher tells Examination not knowledge talent “Education” farms like poultry (layer/ ) farms Idiotises, dulls, de- humanises

4. THC_CTMSS386_July'084 How We Learn: Aacharyaat paadam aadhatte Paadam shishyah swamedhayaa Paadam saha bhrahmacharibhyah Paadam kaalakramena cha A person learns one quarter from his teachers, one quarter by his own intelligence, one quarter from his peers; that is; class fellows and the fourth quarter in the course of time; that is; by life’s experiences

5. THC_CTMSS386_July'085 Guru-Teacher Relationship Piteva Putrasya Sakheva Sakhyuh Priyah Priyaayah Mahi confiding more in teacher than in parents Vishnu Sharma Ekalavya – Gurubhakti Alexander and Aristotle

6. THC_CTMSS386_July'086 Guru’s ‘form’/Create Great People Sandipani – Krishna Drona - Kuru Pandavas Aristotle - Alexander The job of the master is not merely to bequeath a store of knowledge to his pupils but to instill in them a thirst for truth and inspiration and drill them in proper methods of research. 70% of living Nobel Laureates are teaching in US Universities

7. THC_CTMSS386_July'087 What is education (1/3) Education is a liberating force, enables the individual to rise form mere materiality to superior planes of intellectual and spiritual consciousness. Education gives us accumulated lessons of heritage to carry it forward to posterity. The past is our foundation, the present our material, the future our aim and summit. Each must have its due and natural place in a national system of education. – Sri Aurobindo

8. THC_CTMSS386_July'088 We want that education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded and by which one can stand on one’s own feet. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man - Swami Vivekananda What is education (2/3)

9. THC_CTMSS386_July'089 I firmly believe the efficacy of the education as a panacea for our social evils - Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Vidyayaa Vindate Amritam Aatmanaa Vindate Veeryam -Deathlessness is attained by knowledge Valour is attained by self (discipline) What is education (3/3)

10. THC_CTMSS386_July'0810 Cultural Values (1) Namaskar Dhanyavad Amma, Naanna, Maama, Tata Naanamma

11. THC_CTMSS386_July'0811 Cultural Values (2) Chiranjiva, Sukhee Bhava Jeevanthu Saradasshatam Maathri Devobhava Petru Devobhava Acharyadevo Bhava Rinas (debts – Pitri, Guru, Deva, Bhuta etc) Bhavan’s Prayer;

12. THC_CTMSS386_July'0812 Great Duty/Devotion Sravan Kumar Saavithri Nachiketa Lashmana Sita Karna

13. THC_CTMSS386_July'0813 Instill Culture in Students Obedience to unenforceable laws Adding to the sum total of happiness Memorising Satakas (Sumathi & Vemana) & Subhashitas (Bhartrihari) Lincoln’s Letter to the Teacher of his son

14. THC_CTMSS386_July'0814 Social Behaviour Sharing Co-operating Friendships Netravadhanis Smt Lalita Kameshwari and Smt Ramakumari Krishna & Kuchela (Sudhama)@Sandipani’s Drona-Drupada Pandavas

15. THC_CTMSS386_July'0815 Patriotism (1) Rana Pratap Shivaji Porus, Purushottam Guru Govinda Singh Bhagat Singh Sardar Patel Dr B R Ambedkar Swamy Vivekananda

16. THC_CTMSS386_July'0816 Patriotism (2) Swamy Dayananda Balagangadhar Tilak Kaapaya, Prolaya Abhimanyu, Balachandra Manchala

17. THC_CTMSS386_July'0817 Memorising Tables Satakas Subhashitas Wisdom in them will be contextualised in later life

18. THC_CTMSS386_July'0818 Speaking & Communication Silent Reading (Hostel) Loud Reading (Pronunciation) Story telling Poetry Recitation

19. THC_CTMSS386_July'0819 Develop Personality Development Aavulinta, tummu, haasambu, nishtheevanammu (Mahabharata: Virata Para) Polati daavavahni, Purushudaajyaghatamu

20. THC_CTMSS386_July'0820 Responsibility of Parents Greatest Gift – Time Hiranyakasipu – Prahlada Dining Table as Class Room Habit Formation – In school & at home ‘I forgot something – Return my greeting’ Rewarding children – Encourage, never squelch. Sardarji rewarding son for [7X9]=58!

21. THC_CTMSS386_July'0821 Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (1) Respected Teacher, My son will have to learn, I know That all men are not just, all men are not true, but teach him also That for every scoundrel, there is a Hero That for every selfish politician, there is a dedicated leader Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend It will take time, I know; but teach him if you can

22. THC_CTMSS386_July'0822 Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (2) That a dollar earned is of far more value than five found Teach him to learn to lose and also enjoy winning Steer him away from envy, if you can Teach him the secret of quiet laughter Let him learn early that the Bullies are easiest to Lick Teach him if you can, the wonder of books… But also give him Quiet time to ponder over the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hills – side

23. THC_CTMSS386_July'0823 Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (3) In school teach him it is far more honourable to fail than to cheat Teach him to have faith in his own ideas even if everyone tells him they are wrong Teach him to be gentle with gentle people and tough with the tough Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on the Bandwagon Teach him to listen to all men but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through Teach him, if you can, how to laugh when he is sad Teach him there is no shame in tears

24. THC_CTMSS386_July'0824 Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (4) Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness Teach him to sell his Brawn and Brain to the highest bidders, but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul Teach him to close his Ears to a Howling Mob…. And to stand and Fight If he thinks he is right Treat him gently; but do not cuddle him because only the test of Fire Makes Fine Steel

25. THC_CTMSS386_July'0825 Lincoln‘s Letter to his son ‘s Headmaster (5) Let him have the courage to be important Let him have the patience to brave Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself because then he will always have sublime faith in mankind This is a bid order; but see what you can do He is such a fine little fellow, my son. -----Abraham Lincoln.

26. THC_CTMSS386_July'0826 The Oath Guru Administers  I exhort you as follows: Speak the truth. Walk in the way of the duty Neglect not the study of higher knowledge Treat they teacher with respect and gratitude. And fail not in taking upon thyself the burden of life

27. THC_CTMSS386_July'0827 Happiness: (1) The man that hath no music in himself Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils The motious of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as E rebus Let no such man be trusted - Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice

28. THC_CTMSS386_July'0828 Happiness (2)  Character of a Happy Life How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another’s will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill; Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise Nor vice; who never understood How deepest wounds are given by praise; Nor rules of state, but rules of good; Who hath his life from rumours freed;

29. THC_CTMSS386_July'0829 Happiness (3)  Whose conscience is his strong retreat; Whose state can neither flatterers feed, Nor ruin make oppressors great; Who God doth late and early pray\More of his grace than gifts to lend And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. -Sir Henry Wotton

30. THC_CTMSS386_July'0830 DOGMA OR FREE THINKING Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world has not been broken Up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless starving stretches its arms towards perfection; Where the clear street of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake. -Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

31. THC_CTMSS386_July'0831 Entitlement, Employment, Entrepreneurship “You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them What they could do for themselves.” - Abraham Lincoln (Source: Freedom First, May 1989)

32. THC_CTMSS386_July'0832 Success and Risk Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where other have gone. Leave the beaten path occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. It will be a little thing but do not ignore it. Follow it up; explore around it, one discovery will lead to another and before you know it, you will have something really worth thinking about Alexander Graham Bell

33. THC_CTMSS386_July'0833 Socialism: Wise thoughts from Sri Nani Palkhiwala (1/4) Socialism as practised in India has been a fraud: Our brand of socialism did not result in transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor but only from the honest rich to the dishonest rich The sleeping sickness of socialism is now universally acknowledged – but not officially in India… The public sector enterprises are the black holes, the money guzzlers and they have been extracting and exorbitant price for India’s doctrinaire socialism. A law suite once started in India is the nearest thing to eternal life ever seen on this earth….

34. THC_CTMSS386_July'0834 Socialism: Wise thoughts from Sri Nani Palkhiwala (2/4) History will record that the greatest mistake of the India Republic in the first 50 years of its existence was to make less investment in human resources-education, family planning, nutrition and public health-than in brick and motor dams and factories. Over taxation corrupted the national character overtly. The nation survived only because the tax system continued to breathe through loopholes and the economy used to breath through window of tax evasion. We have too much Government and too little administration; too many laws and too little justice; too many public servants and too little public service, too many controls and too little welfare.

35. THC_CTMSS386_July'0835 Socialism: Wise thoughts from Sri Nani Palkhiwala (3/4) We keep on tackling 50-year problem with 5- year plans, staffed by 2-year officials, working with one year appropriations, fondly hoping that somehow the laws of economics will be suspended because we are Indians. India continues to remain the only significant country in the free world to hold aloft the tainted and tattered flag of socialism. “ We shut our eyes to the fact that socialism is to social justice, what ritual is to religion and dogma is to truth”.

36. THC_CTMSS386_July'0836 Socialism: Wise thoughts from Sri Nani Palkhiwala (4/4) Indian liberalisation encounters formidable opposition from three quarters. a) The top heavy bureaucracy reluctant to shed its enormous powers b) Influential politicians who prefer to let socialism remain the opium of the people and of whom it can be truly said that if ignorance is bliss, they should be the happiest men alive. c) Quite a few Indian businessmen men who are much interested in their own personal prosperity than in the future of the country and who preferred to flourish in the non competitive environment.

37. THC_CTMSS386_July'0837 Success Sow a thought and reap an act Sow an act, reap a habit Sow a habit, reap a character Sow a character, reap a destiny

38. THC_CTMSS386_July'0838 Risk and Reward I shall be telling with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence Two roads diverged in the woods and I I took the one less travelled by And that has made all the difference - Robert Frost

39. THC_CTMSS386_July'0839 Lives of Great Men Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime And, departing, leave behind us Foot prints on the sands of time – Long fellow

40. THC_CTMSS386_July'0840 Auto-biographies/ Life story of great men Lives of great men all remind us we may make our lives sublime and departing leave behind us foot prints on the sands of time. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Lee Kuan Yew Henry Ford Jamshedji Tata, Dhirubhai Ambani, G D Birla Khrushchev, Gorbachev Ben Gurion, Golda Mair Balagangadhar Tilak – Gita Rahasya Margaret Thatcher Irvine Shroedinger Andy Grove Einstein Oppenhammer Betrand Russel K M Munshi Rajaji M C Chagla

41. THC_CTMSS386_July'0841 Dhanyawad: Thank You