Personal website, Founder Illumine
How do we build the bridges that help society as a whole, cross over from ‘abstract knowledge’ to ‘realized knowledge’?
How do we build the bridges that help society as a whole, cross over from ‘abstract knowledge’ to ‘realized knowledge’?
(An exploratory discussion with the team at Illumine, Mumbai in October 2009)
A new challenge is beginning to awaken in society – the question of digestion and assimilation of knowledge.
A new challenge is beginning to awaken in society – the question of digestion and assimilation of knowledge.
(An exploratory discussion with the team at Illumine, Mumbai in October 2009)
Cognition gives us the ability to make choices, decisions, to recognize, to build new axioms and conclusions about ourselves, about the way the world works. Cognition is therefore a powerful tool for our evolution. What then are the possibilities that empowerment at a ‘cognitive level’ offers us?
Cognition gives us the ability to make choices, decisions, to recognize, to build new axioms and conclusions about ourselves, about the way the world works. Cognition is therefore a powerful tool for our evolution.
In this talk, Srinivas explores how ‘cognition’ enables or disables us; and what does it mean to be empowered or disempowered at a cognitive level.
(An exploratory discussion with the team at Illumine, Mumbai, February 2015)
The challenge in preparing our students for the world of work today is not so much building capabilities, but building a contributive orientation to work and society. This is our role as educators.
The challenge in preparing our students for the world of work today is not so much building capabilities, but building a contributive orientation to work and society. This is our role as educators.
(Addressing principals and faculty of 500 affiliated colleges of the Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad in November 2011)
How do you help widen the notion of education from merely academic excellence to include the entirety of the human being?
How do you help widen the notion of education from merely academic excellence to include the entirety of the human being?
In this talk Srinivas shares Swami Vivekananda’s radical new vision for education with school teachers and principals –
(Keynote address at the Seminar on Education titled ‘Beyond Academic Excellence to Human Excellence’, organized by Ramakrishna Mission Mumbai, September 2011)
How do you create an education system that does not just give people theory/ technical know-how but develops them into potential contributors for society?
How do you create an education system that does not just give people theory/ technical know-how, but develops them into potential contributors for society?
(Addressing school principals at the National Seminar on Education organized by Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi, February 2011)
Talk given at the Positive Economy Forum, San Patrignano, Italy – April 2015, on the new educational models that will create ‘positive people’ for a ‘positive economy’.
If we want to build a positive economy, we need thousands of ‘positive people’ to embrace and build this new world. What kind of new educational models are needed to create such ‘positive people’ at scale?
Talk given at the Positive Economy Forum, San Patrignano, Italy – April 2015
Talk given at the SOL Global forum in Oman, April 2008
Talk given at the SOL Global forum in Oman, April 2008
Talk given to senior officials of the Central Railways, November 2008
Principles and approaches behind the Citizen SBI story – what made such a large scale deep change intervention practical and doable in the context of a large nation-wide organization.
Talk given at the conference on Igniting the genius within organized by International School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. October
Talk given for the Dewang Mehta Memmorial Lecture at NASSCOM, August 2011
What challenges do we as educators face, in building “human excellence” (beyond academic excellence), in students today? Can we produce people who can transform society and not just degree holders?
Talk given at the Seminar on Education organized by Ramakrishna Mission Mumbai, September 2011
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Why is it important for educators to build and send out individuals with a contributor mindset, into industry?
Talk given to teachers of Gujarat Technological University , November 2011
Talk given in the Global Innovation forum at TISS, September 2012
Talk given Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, organized by ETK & Sakura, Luxembourg, October 2013
Talk given to members of the Vivekananda Study Circle in IIT Madras, January 2014
Talk given at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, February 2014
Talk given to Board of CBSE & Principals of CBSE schools at Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi, March 2014
How does ‘cognition’ enable or disable us? What does it mean to be empowered or disempowered at a cognitive level? How can ‘cognitive empowerment’ unleash individuals, the organizations they work in, institutions, the nation? An exploration into ‘cognitive empowerment’, with the Illumine Team.
Talk given to the Illumine Team, February 2015
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