What Is The Future: For India And Indians?

The book India 2020 by Dr Kalam and Y S Rajan (1998) had a good impact giving a hope for ushering into 21st century.Year 2020 is with us now, having passed two decades in the 21st century.There are many years to look ahead for YOUTH and also most Indians.There is a need to ACT BETTER than what has been done so far: this statement applies to the nation and also to INDIVIDUALS.

In addition the articles in this website capture the CHURNING that is going on in India and the world. They also provide solutions going away from Delhi-centric, State-capital centric approaches. Local autonomy and freedom for investors and consumers are the keys. Education needs radical changes to release potential of the youth to succeed in the modern world. Poems express the angst and throw light on the hopeful directions...................

Please see the poem Twenty First Century by clicking on the Article section.

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Talk on the 04th Convocation of JNCU by Professor Y.S. Rajan

This convocation address is mainly focussed on students having their higher education in their mother tongue Hindi on various disciplines. A few students have taken Science subjects. They knew English, but were not fluent in English to talk.

Initial part of the talk is in explaining the need to take care of their bodies, and minds. Many practical examples and tips are given. Second part is to explain how real life work is not just in one discipline, however important it is. Each of the big inputs like Space depends on multiple clusters of technologies and ALSO on several non- Science disciplines. Long input supply chains and downstream chains. Examples of vaccine delivery to people are given.

Third part gives examples from the disciplines taught in the University as to how they need to add some additional skills to fit into the demands of job markets in India. Then some emerging new areas are mentioned.

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My Tryst with Science and Technology in India - lecture delivered on 24th February 2020 at CLT, IIT Madras.

Q&A Session: My Tryst with Science and Technology in India at CLT, IIT Madras on 24th February 2020

S2 (Spaceport SARABHAI - India’s 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive) Indian Space History Memory Monologues - Y S Rajan

My talk at the Conference on International Day of Scientific Culture (IDSC) 2021 organized by Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science and Commerce,(GNC) Mumbai in association with The National Centre for Science Communicators (NCSC)
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My EML lecture at IIT Hyderabad on 14th August 2021 on The Impact of Advancing Space Technology and Quality of Human Life, followed by a vigorous Q&A session

All poem books in Tamil and English of Y S Rajan are freely down loadable from this google site. In the same link full book of Bharati Padalgal in English, by great experts, can be accessed and downloaded.

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