[FSUG-Bangalore] FW: [Ilugc] [OT] IIT offers video lectures on youtube

[Senthil Sundaram (sensunda)]

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From: ilugc-bounces at ae.iitm.ac.in [mailto:ilugc-bounces at ae.iitm.ac.in]
On Behalf Of Balu manyam
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ilugc] [OT] IIT offers video lectures on youtube


>
> Several IIT lectures are available for free on YouTube.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=nptelhrd
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> Topics range over a wide variety of engineering disciplines.
>
> Personally, I'm very happy to see our Indian institutions also doing 
> this.
>
> - Raja
>
>

I didn't know this. Thanks for sending this.  IITs are a product of
Nehru's vision. Thinking about this I had jumped from techonology to
economics.   Did see a networking course and was impressive.

Though lot of people have criticism on Nehru's socialist vision : The
fact is that the IIT's (and all the recognition they and their alumnus
get) are an outcome of just those policies, "ensuring highest-quality
education regardless of economic status"

This kind of high quality education - regardless of economic status is a
very important need to today ...especially primary education - there are
attempts to privatise and derail this - this will not do us good - 

this is also an important  example of what is possible when government
can work keenly on community initiatives.