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  Commonwealth Award 2018 to Dr Lalit Kishore reported by Sunway University in Malaysia   The news about Commonwealth Education Award-2018 to Dr Lalit Inshore of Disha Foundation, Jaipur (India) was posted in the periodical of Sunway University, located in   Malaysia [1].   This private university is located at Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia,which is spread over a 10-hectare campus within Sunway City which offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It is claimed that university is ranked within the top 2% of universities in the world. The University offers a wide range of industry-relevant business, science, and technology programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and is dedicated to providing quality education for all, and engaging in research driven by sustainability[2]y.   According CASTME Awards website, the Findel CASTME Education Award worth £300 has been won by Dr Lalit Kishore,  Research Fellow, Disha- A Resource Centre for Mul

 Every policy document starts with high sounding statements and quotes, but as its detailing begins, serious hidden agenda and political-ideological colours unfold. Though, the NEP-2020 is being criticized for contribution to politicization, commercialization and privatization of education, however, without going for its detailing part, a classroom instructor should go for finding the space to enhance learning outcomes through innovation and creativity. Here, the basics for teacher in NEP-2020 have been depicted to find the space and opportunities to move towards an inclusive, equitable and qualitative classroom to impart the joy-of-learning and enhance learning outcomes. Go through the initial part of the policy document as summarized in the following sketch note to improve the classroom climate and processes to foster high order thinking skills including critical and creative thinking, problem solving skill and reflective thinking skill to optimise student's learning outcomes. Sk

Subsequent to the submission of the abstract for the International Gita Seminar-2024, the University school of Management (USM) & Institute of Management Studies (IMS), Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, has extended the invitation for the participation for Technical Session 1 of the event on the theme of “Bhagavad Gita's Vision for a Self-Reliant and Developed Bharat”, scheduled to be held on 6th December, 2024.  The organizers of the conference wrote, "The conference will explore how the Bhagavad Gita provides a vision for a self-reliant and developed Bharat. By emphasising dharma (duty) and karma yoga (selfless action), the Gita advocates for ethical leadership, personal growth, and resilience, inspiring individuals to contribute to national progress. It also underscores balancing material prosperity with spiritual well-being, promoting sustainable development and social responsibility. This holistic approach merges spiritual wisdom with practical action to build a st

 Broad View  of Indian Knowledge  Systems for Educators:: A sketch note Read the sketch note carefully to find the space to provide  Gita-inspired philosophical foundation to education and integration spiritual  of precepts of the scripture into various subject areas and skills.

  Looming large is the climate crisis: Quotes and Sketch note QUOTES Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody’s going to buy their way out of its effects. -Mark Ruffalo By polluting the oceans, not mitigating CO2 emissions and destroying our biodiversity, we are killing our planet. Let us face it, there is no planet B. -Emmanuel Macron The world is reaching the tipping point beyond which climate change may become irreversible. If this happens, we risk denying present and future generations the right to a healthy and sustainable planet – the whole of humanity stands to lose. -Kofi Annan One can see from space how the human race has changed the Earth. Nearly all of the available land has been cleared of forest and is now used for agriculture or urban development. The polar icecaps are shrinking and the desert areas are increasing. At night, the Earth is no longer dark, but large areas are lit up. All of this is evidence that hum

 Kurukshetra to host International Gita Conference 2024 early December  The 9th International Gita Conference will be held in the first week of December (5-7 Dec, 2024) in Kurukshetra University on the theme ‘Srimad Bhagwad Gita and sustainable Ecosystem’.  The notification in this regard says that the conference will bring various researchers, 'academicians, practitioners and Gita Scholars  on a common platform' to deliberate upon the them and 'find out the ways and mean which leads to promote balanced and pure environment.' While announcing the on-line registration and submission of papers as per the concept note have been invited which states, "To achieve the goal of sustainable ecosystem, there need of collective selfless action supported by principles of Interconnectedness for unity among humanity, Balanced Lifestyle for self control , Duty for sense of responsibility towards planet, Non-Violence for protecting living creatures. These principles from Gita can