Educationwriter

Welcome to my blog. In this blog, I share my views mainly on issues related to Hinduism and K-12 Education. Sometimes I write on political issues related to human welfare and socio-economic development. I hope that you find my blog interesting. Thanks.

20 May 2014

Standards of recruitment and sub-standard textbooks

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Last week I had a phone call from Orient Longman (Publishing Company), Chennai, in response to my email seeking a freelance editing positio...
14 May 2014

Koorma Jayanti

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Today is an auspicious day for Hindus. Once upon a time, Lord Shree Mahaa Vishnu incarnated as a tortoise on our planet. This day is celebr...
13 May 2014

Shree Narasimha Jayanthi

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Today is a very auspicious day for Hindus worldwide. This is the day on which Shree Mahaa Vishnu incarnated as Shree Narasimha billions of ...
08 April 2014

Traditional New Year's Day

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March 31 was an auspicious day for Hindus who speak Marathi, Telugu, Kannada etc. as mother tongue. These people celebrate the day as New Y...
20 March 2014

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Hello ladies and gentlemen. As my mother is not well (hospitalized four times in the past one month) I'm not able to spend as much time...
14 January 2014

Shree Hari, Sun God and Sankraanthi Fest

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Today is an auspicious day for Hindus. They celebrate the day as  Sankraanthi , Bhigu etc depending upon their region and traditions. Some ...
15 December 2013

An oasis in TV commercial desert

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It is a well known fact that many of our TV commercials are noisy, exaggerated and unpleasant to view. But a few remain to stand out from t...
06 December 2013

A tribute to Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela passed away yesterday at the age of 95. As South  African president said in his tribute, the country has lost one of its gre...
26 November 2013

Sidelined Strategies in Science and Technology

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Though I am a very passionate Indian at heart, I have always preferred overseas media to local ones as I think that the former are far more...
24 November 2013

Rock Music and Spiritualism

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Some of the programs telecast over our Lok Sabha TV Channel are really very good. One such is the `Fairs of India' serial that features...
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Guruprasad Panamalai
Kumbakonam , Tamilnadu, India
I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.
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