News Review: Engagement and Retention challenges

It has been a while since I posted here. I have been extremely busy with lots of interesting things happening with me, and I am enjoying my unemployment thoroughly. I have met lots of interesting people over last few months, including a large number of working professionals who are trying to make changes to their … Continue reading News Review: Engagement and Retention challenges

Indian students in US – comparison with UK and Australia

In my previous post 'Foreign students in US – China, India, South Korea', I made the point that India is seeing a downward trend in terms of graduate students over last 3-4 years (while undergraduate has grown slightly), while China has been accelerating at a rapid pace in both graduate and undergraduate. Here is a … Continue reading Indian students in US – comparison with UK and Australia

Foreign students in US – China, India, South Korea

Someone forwarded this article from New York Times: Getting Ahead in India Means Getting Out of Town. Here are some excerpts from the article: "… is among a rising number of students in India's rapidly expanding younger population who want, and can pay for, a better education. Yet they know that in a country where … Continue reading Foreign students in US – China, India, South Korea

Career Lessons from Indian Movies – Taare Zameen Par and 3 Idiots

Over last few months, I watched 2 Hindi movies, both by Amir Khan, which reminded me of some of the career lessons I have found useful to follow and to pass-around via my blogs and discussions. The 2 movies are Taare Zameen Par (movie review here) and 3 Idiots (movie review here). While Taare Zameen … Continue reading Career Lessons from Indian Movies – Taare Zameen Par and 3 Idiots