How to Develop Scholars of National Importance for the Country?

So far IIT’s and IIM’s were the creators and training grounds for the most talented students. The pity is that these students left the country for lucrative jobs and studies abroad. Only, a handful like Sam Petroda, have returned to serve the nation.

Now it is time to take a look at where the nation’s money should go for training the talented to serve the nation.

Here is a proposal that the HRD ministry and Knowledge Bank must study. This has been done in the larger interest of the country by a dedicated talented Engineer who returned early to serve the nation.

Future Scholars must be trained from 13th grade on at various institutes of National Importance like BARC, ISRO, NPL, DRDO etc..

These scholars are selected with a special examination like JEE. They are assimilated as Apprentices in these institutions. They do both studies and research at the same time. They will take about 8 years to complete their Ph.D’s. By that time they are already nation’s servants with a job and experience. They will continue life long as scientists. 

They are being coached by the Gurukul system where earning and studying is simultaneous. They are trained under great scholars of proven value who know what is needed to train them. They will have international facilities right from the start which no university in the world provides. They are working on cutting edge technologies from the start. They will not think of leaving the country. They pay no fees and hence be deeply indebted to the country for the opportunity. This will automatically attract the best and sincere.

Had this process been used, Indian Engineers would have been working for ISRO instead of NASA. The same process can be used for training talented nation builders in manufacturing.  They would be taken as apprentices in nations big projects such as SAIL, NTPC, HAL, HMT, BEL etc.. They have an assured job which they will continue after their degrees by the Gurukul system. Students pay no fees. Their 3 to 4 days of work is sufficient to pay for their fees, boarding and lodging. 

IIT’s can not be given free as they do not have manufacturing facilities. We must convert all our manufacturing units as universities. This will reduce production costs and experienced hands are made available not just theoreticians. Big industries like TELCO, TISCO, Leyland’s, Escorts, TVS etc also must be made into deemed universities. They will take the next level of scholars who are needed in production more than research. A research wing must also be attached to these centers of production as well as teaching staff who are also shop supervisors.

  - By Guruji Shri Rishi Prabhakar

Hyperactive Children

A lot of Parents, in fact I would say most Parents are so concerned about their child that they use the term "hyperactive" so very casually to describe their children. "My child is very hyperactive", is a refrain we hear ever so often.

Actually the first step is to stop referring to the child as 'hyperactive' even if the child is hyperactive or 'so called hyperactive'. We never use the word 'hyperactive'. We use the word 'playful'. The moment we label the child 'hyperactive', that aspect of the child's personality starts rising to the fore more and more. But when you say a child is playful, you suddenly see the child in a different perspective and his playfulness appears and doesn't fall within the category of 'hyper-activism'. 

The child is now seen as one with a tremendous amount of energy. These very playful children just cannot sit in one place; they are jumping all the time. What do we do with such children? But before we study that, let us look at the probable cause of this high energy level or so called 'hyper-activism' in children.

We don't have to go too far for answers. We just have to look at the Parents first. There is a high probability of either one or both Parents being disturbed, anxious, agitated or irritated. There could be a tremendous disturbance in the mother-father relationship, which could have had a bearing on the child's behaviour. When the Parents themselves are not relaxed or at least one of them is not relaxed, then their behaviour will definitely affect the child.

So the easiest way is to harmonize the relationship between the mother and the father and relax their own environment, and automatically we will see a tremendous difference in the child. Coming back to an existing situation where your child is already displaying so-called 'hyper activism', what do you do?

First things first, such children require tremendous amount of physical activity to burn up their extra energy. So they need to be taken outdoors, to parks, beaches where the Parent or both Parents play rough and tough games, which involve a great deal of physical activity like running, jumping, swimming etc. Don't send the child out with the maid; do it yourself. Such children need a huge amount of play outdoors, anything that will tire them out. Once they are tired out, introduce them to music/musical instrument to channelize their energies.

The Parent or both Parents thus need to spend a lot of time with their child to help expend and direct his/her physical energy. In case of an extreme situation where things have really gone out of hand, medical assistance can be sought. But in most cases Parents altering their own behaviour, and directing and channelizing their child's physical energies through sport can sort matters out.

                           - By Manoj Lekhi (Key Disciple of Guruji Rishi Prabhakar ji)