ESTABLISING PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

Prof. Parag Shah, Founder Chairman, Founder Director, FLAME.

MY TALK TODAY
A Dreamers Statement

Why Liberal Education?

New Paradigms in Indian Education

2011 PARAG SHAH, FOUNDER CHAIRMAN, FOUNDER DIRECTOR, FLAME

WHAT I AM NOT COVERING..

Issues of
Sustainability

Governance

Accreditation

2011 PARAG SHAH, FOUNDER CHAIRMAN, FOUNDER DIRECTOR, FLAME

Understanding Not for Profit

A DREAMERS STATEMENT
I have always believed that no idea is ever a repository of a single individual. Its there in the cosmos, waiting to subsume a soul. It has infinite energy. As the dream begins to actualize and more

people join the dream. Each individual joining the dream has conscious and sub-conscious motivations. If the motivations begin to affect the dream, the dream escapes back into the Cosmos.
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WHY LIBERAL EDUCATION

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The aim of Liberal Education is to produce happy, well rounded, well groomed, responsible global citizens. citizens.

Liberal Education provides an opportunity to every individual to explore, nurture and develop his skill sets. sets.

Liberal education has historically produced the best Leaders, Thinkers, Scientists, Writers, Poets and Scholars. Scholars.

2011 PARAG SHAH, FOUNDER CHAIRMAN, FOUNDER DIRECTOR, FLAME

FOUNDATION YEARS

Core
Rhetoric & Critical Writing Logic Public Speaking and Debate

Compulsory
2 Foreign Language Course

Elective
18 minimum Foundation Level 100 6 Minimum Intermediate Level 200
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Ethics

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STUDENTS UNDERTAKE FIELD RESEARCH PROJECTS

Discover India Project

Explore aspects of Indian history, culture and civilization.

Learn research skills.

Gain an insight into their heritage.

2011 PARAG SHAH, FOUNDER CHAIRMAN, FOUNDER DIRECTOR, FLAME

NEW PARADIGMS IN INDIAN EDUCATION

My first reflection is that the goal of the current educational system is to reduce ambiguity. The future of education is going to be in the ability of the youngsters to handle ambiguity.
2011 PARAG SHAH, FOUNDER CHAIRMAN, FOUNDER DIRECTOR, FLAME

NEW PARADIGMS IN INDIAN EDUCATION

My second reflection is that young people need to be critical thinkers, nimble and flexible. Momentums are going to change. Young people will have to change professions several times
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NEW PARADIGMS IN INDIAN EDUCATION

My third reflection is that there is a contradiction between preparing students for their first job and preparing them for a fully human life. Education must prepare them for a life time.
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NEW PARADIGMS IN INDIAN EDUCATION

Fourth, Critical thinking skills without a solid rooting in ethics and values could be dangerous.
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NEW PARADIGMS IN INDIAN EDUCATION

My next reflection is that the Education of the West is embedded in Sympathy. Education as the Indians understood it, was ensconced in the philosophy of Empathy.
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NEW PARADIGMS IN INDIAN EDUCATION

I have always urged the Academicians to have a relook at the way the Business Courses are designed in India.
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NEW PARADIGMS IN INDIAN EDUCATION

We need to give young people another perspective, another way of looking at things, simply expand their canvas. Adding the component of creativity and sports to their learning is extremely essential.
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NEW PARADIGMS IN INDIAN EDUCATION

The context of the teacher student relationship has undergone a change. Students want relationship that is embedded in ethics and values and is a spiritual relationship.
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THANK YOU

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