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Make use of Home Grown Institutions: Dr MSS.

Posted on: 05/Apr/2010 1:58:47 AM

Dr.M.S.Swaminathan, Chairman M S S R foundation, Chennai was speaking in a function to unveil a bust of  Srinivasa Ramanujam in the campus of IIT, Chennai. He said that our Country did not need foreign Universities to develop students as we have amidst us some of world class institutions. He brought in the thought expressed by The Noble Laureate Venkataraman Ramakrishnan recently that only home grown institutions could reflect the culture of the country and they should be encouraged more.

Ramji Raghavan, chairman, Agastya International Foundation, who donated the bust to the institute, said two other busts had been donated to Cambridge University and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) to spread awareness about the great mathematician. He said that the objective behind this is based on the hope that students would get inspired on seeing this. 

The Foundation also held a demonstration of the models used to teach students in various schools using its mobile van. Mr. Raghavan announced that students who developed low-cost models to demonstrate scientific concepts to schoolchildren would be given an award of Rs.1 lakh by a US-based foundation.

About Agastya Foundation: Agastya was established as a Public Charitable Trust in 1999. It is the brainchild of a group of individuals, led by Ramji Raghavan, a former NRI. Ramji came back to India with a vision of providing education to poor children and teachers - education that would be the opposite of conventional techniques that emphasize theoretical, rote-based learning. Ramji was interested in starting a rural education center that would offer creative, alternative education. In conjunction with educationists, scientists and institutional leaders, Ramji felt that the emphasis needed to be on hands-on science to spark curiosity and engage children in creative thinking and questioning. Gopi Warrier, Chairman, Ayurveda Holdings, named the foundation after Maharishi Agastya, famous for

Spreading sacred knowledge to south India, authoring Tamil grammar and creating the Siddha School of medicine.

Agastya networked with eminent scientists, developing a new method of education that would make learning scientific concepts fun, useful and accessible. Investors like Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Alok Oberoi and Desh Deshpande have helped Agastya by funding its programs and helping craft its strategies. Web site: www.agastya.org. . Contact: agastyaadmin@gmail.com 

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