In last few weeks I was unable to write down all my thoughts from mind and paper notes to the electronic media. Today, I was interacting with one my old mate on new Google service Buzz, and he made me realize how true the old saying is, Do It Now. I predict in future the social interaction websites will really takeover all the communication media. If Google can do an analytical survey of its new social networking application Buzz, then I am sure 90% of the initial users will be Indian. J
This aside I will write down all those thoughts and notes in details in next blog entry. My experience of last few weeks made me realize the journey of a traveler and explorer are very different from each other. The traveler just travel and then along the way explores the new surrounding and culture. On other hand explorer start the journey of exploring and travels along the way. This difference is very valuable for somebody who is moving back from a location where she/he was staying for last few years to the new one. The person who is shifting has to be both traveler as well as explorer. She/he has to start the journey and on it way keep on exploring new ways to do it on other hand has to plan and then can travel along the way too.
Last week I was asked to write a column on the Vision 2020 of the Technical University Eindhoven (TU/e). I am posting the column below for you all to read, which was published in TU/e newspaper ‘Cursor’ and website.
Citizens of 2020
Whether TU/e will play a role of any significance in shaping up the region, the country, or the world is the burning question in the minds of strategists sitting at the table with the ‘TU/e 2020’ agenda. As the world is becoming more of a global village and most of the production/manufacturing is going towards the East, the West has to come up with a plan to sustain itself. I think universities can play a major role in this. The education system and especially universities help to shape society. I think in 2020 a multidisciplinary university like TU/e will not only want to breed the engineers, but will also want to breed the citizens of tomorrow’s world. The main role of TU/e in 2020 will also be to generate new entrepreneurs, who will keep the economy flowing.
The interaction of scientists with educational policymakers, which ultimately comes down to the students, is what defines the high standards at TU/e. This symbiotic relationship has to flourish beyond 2020 and this will define the healthy educational as well as the research atmosphere. This will benefit companies too, as they will get well-taught, up-to-date future employees and TU/e will get valuable company research collaboration.
To become a global force in 2020 TU/e should advertise/sell itself in the East and attract more students. However, it can also open its franchise there. This way TU/e will benefit from developing economies. The achievable goal of being the most recognized university in the world is the dream TU/e 2020 should have. The next steps which can be made for that are very important. It should be the goal for 2020 to take TU/e to the level of Harvard and MIT. TU/e has huge potential and the infrastructure to do so. What it has achieved in the last fifty years is remarkable, but what it will do in the next ten years will define its future.
The thought of somebody else is reading your thought as well as commenting on it gives lot of satisfaction and good feeling. I was always told in school that people who speak up their mind are the most valuable ones, now I think people who listens to others mind are the most valuable ones. May be if I had realized this in childhood then I might have been less talkative. This is something to really think about.
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