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                                              beings. After the anxiety of the pan-  very useful for school-leavers like me
                                              demic years, there is urgent need for   to choose suitable higher education
                                              children to be provided education in   institutions abroad.
                                              nature-friendly and joyous learning   Keep up the good work!
                                              environments.                                    Satisha Raghava
                                                              Shivani Nakhare                      BENGALURU
                                                                     MUMBAI
                                                                               Appalling callousness
                                              Well done job                    I AM writing to express my dis-

                                              KUDOS TO EducationWorld for      satisfaction with your persistent
                                              successfully staging the EW India   misprinting the name of our college
                                              Higher Education Rankings 2022-23   in the annual EducationWorld India
                                              Awards ceremony featuring the lead-  Higher Education Rankings for the
                                              ing lights of academia.          past two years. We are DAV College,
                                                Your pictorial essay (EW June)   Abohar and not DAV College of Edu-
                        JUNE 2022             reflects a well done job of celebrating   cation, Abohar.
                                              and felicitating top-ranked col-   We brought the error to your
                                              leges and universities based on the   notice for the first time in May 2021
             Distinguished philosopher        outcome of the comprehensive EW   which was duly acknowledged and
             MY COMPLIMENTS to you for the    India Higher Education Rankings   our name promptly corrected online.
             highly insightful and comprehensive   2022-23 conducted by Delhi-based   However, our institutional name was
             cover story ‘Why every educator   market research company C fore.   misprinted again in your April 2022
             should revisit J. Krishnamurti?’ (EW                  Aditya Sen   issue.
             June). Krishnamurti was the sole                        KOLKATA     I am appalled by your sheer cal-
             Indian existential philosopher who                                lousness in rectifying mistakes in
             advocated individualism in educa-                                 your print editions despite bringing
             tion development. The spirit of his   Support aspiring champs     the errors to your notice.
             education philosophy needs to be   IT WAS refreshing to read about       Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mahajan
             replicated in India’s faltering K-12   teenage golfer Avani Prakash’s   Principal, DAV College, ABOHAR
             education system.                latest achievements in your Young
                You have elevated EW to a great   Achiever’s column (EW June). Her   Sorry again. Error is regretted and
             height by featuring JK in this un-  success story offers valuable lessons   corrected online — Editor
             precedented lead feature. You should   to parents and school managements
             continue with this trend of writing   who hesitate to support aspiring
             about distinguished educationists   sports champions fearing their board   Politicians playground
             and thinkers in your future issues.   exam results may suffer. No won-  THE MAHARASHTRA Education
                          Dr. A.S. Seetharamu  der a country with one billion-plus   News ‘VC selection stand-off’ (EW
                                 BENGALURU    people struggles to produce medal-  June) is a classic example of all that
                                              winning Olympians.               can go wrong with Indian higher
                                                Wake up India!                 education.
             Inspirational cover story                  MRINAL SINGH via E-MAIL  It’s shocking to learn that Pune’s

             CONGRATULATIONS ON an                                             well-reputed Savitribai Phule Uni-
             inspirational cover story ‘Why every                              versity has become a playground for
             educator should revisit J. Krish-  Useful institution profiles    the state’s feuding politicians who
             namurti’ (EW June) highlighting   I AM A class XII student and a   have little interest in how the varsity
             the education philosophy of this   regular reader of EducationWorld. I   and its 950 affiliated colleges will
             extraordinary philosopher-sage. I   congratulate you for your unique for-  function without a vice chancellor.
             am happy to learn that his precepts   eign Institution Profiles in particular,   Appointing a pro-chancellor
             are being faithfully implemented in   because they are well-researched and   instead is not the solution but clear
             six KFI (Krishnamurti Foundation   provide details of global rankings,   indication of politics being played
             India) schools countrywide.      campus facilities, accommodation   out to balance power between the
                As a parent of two teenage chil-  options, tuition fee and boarding   state government and governor.
             dren, I believe it’s paramount for   charges, and degree programmes               Chetana Shriram
             them to develop into good human   offered. These detailed profiles are                     PUNE

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