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February 2020 28 posts · page 3 of 3

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Wednesday, 5 February 2020
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Whispers Forum — 5 Feb 2020

DEBATE (1)
It's nice suggestion.
C Shrimali
Indians are not as well informed as Americans
You said that if Narendra Modi can win despite after allegedly speaking a ‘thousand lies’, US President Donald Trump too will win because he is known to have spoken One Thousand and Five hundred lies is not possible as Indians are not as well informed as Americans.
Venkat Raja
Perfect choice for SEBI Chief
Atanu is perfect choice for the post of SEBI Chief, I know him since last 34 years he is very bold, intelligent and always willing to shoulder additional responsibilities. A great and visionary administrator. I wish him great success as always.
D P S Negi
No need to appoint officers on deputation
Since there are sufficient regular officers, so no need to appoint officers from deputation. Govt should rely on regular officers of Nhai to achieve the target.
Kumar
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
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Debate: One Nation and One Civil Service — 4 Feb 2020

DEBATE (1) One Nation and One Civil Service
Why not other service is like one nation one cadre.
Aryan
Permanent cadre in NHAI will not be fruitful
NHAI has deputation policy mainly because of high value transactions. If a permanent cadre is created, it may lead to nepotism & corruption. The employee on deputation will perform better because he can be repatriated at any point of time. As I worked in NHAI on deputation basis NHAI is offering a chance to work with all state PWD officials and thereby increasing the horizon of thinking.
Gapathanesan Kunchitham
Monday, 3 February 2020
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One Nation, One Civil Service theory

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If it happens it will be the great step towards preventing corruption in all state PSC exams and poor talented candidates will benefit.
Sachin Mane
Whispers must launch a portal for people to report corruption with proof
Whispers India is also requested to launch a portal, wherein public should be able to uplodad photos and copies of documents substantiating the cases of corruption and misuse of office perks & facilities by Ministers and Bureaucrats. A lot of tax payer's money is going down the drain on account of the aforesaid misdeeds. Whispers India will be doing yeomen service to the nation.
BBS
Saturday, 1 February 2020
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Hours Professors Teach ?

Do the university professors teach for less than 40 hours in a year on an average? Can they be expected to teach for 200 hours in a year @ 4 hours a week? To get a degree a student has to read 1000s of pages of material of scholarly literature. To understand and absorb all that knowledge s/he must read @50 pages or more a day. The ideas are difficult to appreciate and language terse which requires help of teachers. About 10 to 12 hours are needed for commuting to university, daily chores, eating and sleep. Work out the hours left to pursue learning in a year and the sum is likely to leave hardly any time to complete the syllabus. Can the graduate students or PG students afford the luxury of wasteful non-academic activities like silly protests and violence on the campus? Every moment is precious for a learner at the UG/PG level. It is not mere subject study to obtain a degree but education, acquisition of skills and inter-personal relationships also for an all-round development of personality. Are the professors helping these students acquire all these? Unfortunately, if the teachers lack skills they can’t transfer them to their students. For teachers to be useful, hard work alone can transform them in to great mentors. Apparently teachers are not sensitive to these needs of their students and waste the time of students by indulging in politics around ideologies and doctrines which should not take more than an hour of a lecture by the subject expert teacher. Teachers must do their duty sincerely and justice to students and their own conscience! It is no matter of pride for a university Professor not to take a single class in two years (speaking as a student)! Students must be employable and job ready before they pass out. But that is possible only if teachers are likely oriented. Time for interchange of academic practices in universities and IITs and IIMs etc. How can half of India have the privilege of excellent teachers and the remaining half the curse of poor teachers?
M L Gupta