ಬೀದರ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದ ನಾಲ್ಕು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಫೌಂಡೇ ಶನ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಡಳಿತದ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ರಚಿತವಾದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ನಿಧಿ ಬಡ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸಹಾಯ ನೀಡುವ ಯೋಜನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಕ್ರಿಯ ಪಾತ್ರ ವಹಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಯುವಜನ ಶಕ್ತಿಯು ಮಂಥನ ಗೊಳ್ಳಲಿ, ನಾಳಿನ ಭಾರತ ಉಜ್ವಲ ವಾಗಲಿ... ಎಂಬ ಕವಿವಾಣಿ ಬೀದರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿಸಿದೆ. ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯೇ ನಮ್ಮ ಮೂಲ ಆಸ್ತಿ ಎಂಬ ಮಂತ್ರ ಜಪಿಸಿದೆ.
ಸ್ಟುಡೆಂಟ್ ಸಕ್ಸಸ್ ಸರ್ವೀಸ್, ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಾ ತ್ಮಕ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ತರಬೇತಿ, ಎಸ್.ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್.ಸಿ. ಅನು ತ್ತೀ ರ್ಣ ರಾದವರಿಗೆ ಪೂರಕ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಗಳಿಗೆ ಹಾಜರಾಗಿ ಪಾಸಾಗಲು ತರಬೇತಿ ಶಿಬಿರ, ಪಿ.ಯು.ಸಿ. ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ಸಿ.ಇ.ಟಿ. ಕೋಚಿಂಗ್, ಪ್ರತಿ ಭಾವಂತ ಬಡ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ಶಿಷ್ಯವೇತನ, ವಸತಿ, ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಸುಮಾರು 13 ಲಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮೊತ್ತವನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸಿದ ಬೀದರ್‌ನ ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಶನ್ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಇತರೆ ಯುವಜನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾದರಿ ಯಾಗಿದೆ.
ಬೀದರ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದ ನಾಲ್ಕು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಂದ ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಫೌಂಡೇ ಶನ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಡಳಿತದ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ರಚಿತವಾದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ನಿಧಿ ಬಡ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸಹಾಯ ನೀಡುವ ಯೋಜನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಕ್ರಿಯ ಪಾತ್ರ ವಹಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಗಳು, ಚಿಂತಕರು, ಸ್ವಯಂ ಸೇವಕರು, ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರು ಒಟ್ಟುಗೂಡಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಏಳಿಗೆಗಾಗಿ ಶ್ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಶ್ಲಾಘನೀಯ.
ಈ ಯುವಜನರ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಡಳಿತವೂ ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿ ಸುತ್ತದೆ, ಎಂದು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಹರ್ಷಗುಪ್ತಾ, ಸಂತಸ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿ ಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ ಮಾಡುವ ವೇಳೆಗೆ ಯುವಜನ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಯೊಂದನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟುವ ಕನಸುಕಂಡ, ಡಾ. ಎ.ಪಿ.ಜೆ. ಅಬ್ದುಲ್ ಕಲಾಂ ಅವರ ಕನಸಿನ ಭಾರತ 2020 ಪರಿ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯನ್ನು ಸಾಕಾರ ಗೊಳಿಸಲು ಎಸ್. ಆರ್. ಸಾಗರ್ ಗೆಳೆಯರ ಗುಂಪು ಸೇರಿಸಿದರು.
ಎಂ. ಟಂಕಸಾಲೆ, ಮಂಗಲಾ ಭಾಗವತ್, ಬಾಬು ರೋಂಡೆ, ಆರ್. ಕೆ. ಚಾರಿ, ಹಮೀದ್ ಖಾನ್, ಎನ್. ಶಿವರಾಜ್, ಪ್ರವೀಣ್ ವೈರಾಗಿ ಮೊದಲಾದವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಅಧ್ಯಯನದ ವೇಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಸುತ್ತ ಲಿನ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಕ್ಷೇಮಾ ಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆಯೂ ಕಾಳಜಿ ವಹಿಸುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದರು.
ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯೇ ನಮ್ಮ ಮೂಲ ಆಸ್ತಿ ಎಂಬ ಧ್ಯೇಯದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ ಶೋಧನ ಯುವ ವೇದಿಕೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿ, ಅದರ ಆಶ್ರಯದಲ್ಲಿ 2006 ರವೇಳೆಗೆ ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಶನ್, ಪರಿಸರ ರಕ್ಷಣಾ ವೇದಿಕೆ, ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಗರಿಕ ರಕ್ಷಣ ವೇದಿಕೆ, ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ವೇದಿಕೆ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದರು.
ಪ್ರತಿಭಾ ಶೋಧನೆಯ ನಿಜವಾದ ಅರ್ಥ ದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದ ಐದು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಹಸ್ರಾರು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ತರಬೇತಿ, ನೆರವು ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಮಾಜಿ ಮುಖ್ಯ ಮಂತ್ರಿ ಧರ್ಮಸಿಂಗ್, ಗುಲ್ಬರ್ಗಾ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲ ಯದ ಕುಲಪತಿಗಳಾದ ಪ್ರೊ. ಬಿ.ಜಿ. ಮೂಲಿಮನಿ, ವಿವಿಧ ಸಂಘಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಗಣ್ಯರು ಮತ್ತು ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಹಿಂದುಳಿದ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ಬೀದರ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಚಟವಟಿಕೆ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡು ಯಶಸ್ಸುಗಳಿಸಿರುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಶನ್ ಪದಾಧಿ ಕಾರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಬೆನ್ನುತಟ್ಟಿ ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಲು ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿ ಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಮನಸ್ಸಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾರ್ಗ ತಾನೇ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಒಂದೆಡೆ ಸೇರಿದರೆ ಏನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಸಾಧನೆ ಸಾಧ್ಯ ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನು ಎಸ್.ಆರ್. ಸಾಗರ್ ನಾಯಕತ್ವದ ಕ್ರಿಯೇಟಿವ್ ಫೌಂಡೇಶನ್‌ನ ಯುವಕರು ತೋರಿಸಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ವರ್ಷದ ಆರಂಭದಿಂದ ಇಲ್ಲಿಯವರೆಗೆ ಬೀದರ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಐದು ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 4000 ಎಸ್.ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್.ಸಿ. ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾ ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಿದ್ಧತೆಯ ತರಬೇತಿ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
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ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಲೋಕಸೇವಾ ಆಯೋಗದ ಚೇರಮನ್ ಪೊ.್ರ ಡಿ.ಪಿ. ಅಗರ್‌ವಾಲ್ ಅವರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ಧನಸಹಾಯ ಆಯೋಗದ ವೈಸ್‌ಚೇರ್‌ಮನ್ ಪ್ರೊ. ಎಸ್. ಕೆ. ಖನ್ನಾ ಅವರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಉನ್ನತ ಸಮಿತಿಯನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿ ಹೊಸ ಮಾದರಿ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯ ರೂಪುರೇಷೆಗಳನ್ನು ಚರ್ಚಿಸಿ ಇದೇ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ತಿಂಗಳ ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಯೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಲು ಸೂಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಆಡಳಿತ, ಮನೋವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ಸಮಾಜಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ಅರ್ಥಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ, ಭೂಗೋಳ, ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ, ಭದ್ರತೆ, ಕಾನೂನು ಮತ್ತು ಸುವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ, ರಾಜಸ್ವ ಆದಾಯ ಮತ್ತು ವೆಚ್ಚಗಳ ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕ ಪಾತ್ರ, ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂವಹನ ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ, ರಾಜತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ನಿಪುಣತೆ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಈ ಎರಡು ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಕಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಗಳಿವೆ ಎಂದು ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಉನ್ನತ ಸ್ತರದ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯೊಬ್ಬರು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಪೂರ್ವಭಾವಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳ ಬದಲಾದ ಸ್ವರೂಪ 2011ರಿಂದ ಜಾರಿಯಾಗುವ ಸಂಬಂಧವಾಗಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಖಾತೆಯ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸಚಿವರಾದ ಪೃಥ್ವಿರಾಜ್ ಚೌಹಾಣ್ ಅವರು ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 10ರಂದು ಲೋಕಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಬವಿರಂಗಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದು ಪ್ರಧಾನಿಗಳ ಒಪ್ಪಿಗೆಯೂ ದೊರೆತಿದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ಸೇವೆಗಳ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತ ಗ್ರೂಪ್-ಎ ಮತ್ತು ಗ್ರೂಪ್-ಬಿ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳ ನೇಮಕಾತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಧಾರಣೆ ತರಲು ವಿವಿಧ ಸುಧಾರಣಾ ಸಮಿತಿಗಳು ಮಾಡಿದ್ದ ಶಿಫಾರಸ್ಸುಗಳ ಆಧಾರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಲೋಕಸೇವಾ ಆಯೋಗ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದ ವರದಿಯನ್ನು ಗಣನೆಗೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಈ ಮಹತ್ವದ ನಿರ್ಧಾರವನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿದೆ.
ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ಮಟ್ಟ ಉನ್ನತವಾಗಿರುವ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ನಾಗರಿಕ ಸೇವೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತೊಡಗುವ ಅಭಿರುಚಿ ಇರುವ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಉತ್ತಮ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಾಗಬಲ್ಲರು. ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತ ಐ.ಎ.ಎಸ್, ಐ.ಎಫ್.ಎಸ್., ಐ.ಪಿ.ಎಸ್., ಐ.ಆರ್.ಎಸ್. ಮುಂತಾದ ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾಗುವ ದೃಢ ನಿರ್ಧಾರ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಆಡಳಿತದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ದೃಢನಿರ್ಧಾರಗಳನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಲ್ಲರು ಎಂಬುದು ಈ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಸುಧಾರಣೆಗಳ ಹಿಂದಿರುವ ಸೂತ್ರ. ವಿವಿಧ ವಿಷಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ತಜ್ಞತೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವುದರ ಜೊತೆ ಆಡಳಿತಾಧಿಕಾರಿಗೆ ಬೇಕಾದ ಅಗತ್ಯ ಕಾನೂನು ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ದೇಶದ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳ ಪರಿಚಯ ಹಾಗೂ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆಯ ಕೌಶಲ ಅಪೇಕ್ಷಣೀಯ. ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಠಿಣತೆಯ ಮಟ್ಟ ಒಂದೊಂದು ವಿಷಯಕ್ಕೆ ಒಂದೊಂದರಂತೆ ನಿಗದಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದು ಕೆಲವು ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಆಯ್ದುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಅತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಅಂಕ ಗಳಿಸಿ, ಕೆಲವು ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಬೇರೆ ವಿಷಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅತಿ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಅಂಕ ಗಳಿಸಿರುವುದು, ಟ್ಯೂಷನ್ ದಂಧೆಯ ಅಟಾಟೋಪ, ಆಮಿಷಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಲಿಯಾಗುವುದು ಮುಂತಾದವುಗಳನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿ, ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಸಮ್ಮತವಾಗುವಂತಹ ಹಾಗೂ ಒಂದೇ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಕಠಿಣತೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೊಡುವುದರಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಅವಕಾಶ ಸಿಕ್ಕಂತಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಲೋಕಸೇವಾ ಆಯೋಗ ಹಾಗೂ ದೇಶದ ವಿವಿಧ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ನೇಮಕಾತಿ ಆಯೋಗಗಳು ನಡೆಸುವ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳು, ಮಾದರಿ ಉತ್ತರಗಳು, ನೋಟ್ಸ್, ಪ್ರೊಫೈಲ್ಸ್, ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ ಸೇವೆ, ಮಾದರಿ ಸಂದರ್ಶನಗಳು, ಯಶಸ್ವೀ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಸಂವಾದ, ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ಸಮಗ್ರ ಉಚಿತ ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಾಗಿ ನೋಡಿ, http://upscportal.com/
2011ರ ಐ.ಎ.ಎಸ್. ಪೂರ್ವಭಾವಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯ ಮಾದರಿ ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಮುಂದಿನ ವರ್ಷದ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ಸಿದ್ಧತೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳೇ, ಈಗಲೇ ಸಿದ್ಧರಾಗಿ.ಹಳೇ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕೊನೆಯ ತಂಡದ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳೇ ನಿಮಗೂ ಗುಡ್‌ಲಕ್!
Physicist Steven Cowley is certain that nuclear fusion is the only truly sustainable solution to the fuel crisis. He explains why fusion will work -- and details the projects that he and many others have devoted their lives to, working against the clock to create a new source of energy.
About Steven Cowley
Steven Cowley directs the UK's leading fusion research center. Soon he'll helm new experiments that may make cheap fusion energy real on a commercial scale.
Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most valuable lesson: "I can." Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents.
About Kiran Sethi
The founder of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, Kiran Sethi has launched an initiative to make our cities more child-friendly.
The Transcript
Contagious is a good word. Even in the times of H1N1, I like the word. Laughter is contagious. Passion is contagious. Inspiration is contagious. We've heard some remarkable stories from some remarkable speakers. But for me, what was contagious about all of them was that they were infected by something I call the "I Can" bug.
So, the question is, why only them? In a country of a billion people and some, why so few? Is it luck? Is it chance? Can we all not systematically and consciously get infected? So, in the next eight minutes I would like to share with you my story. I got infected when I was 17, when, as a student of the design college I encountered adults, who actually believed in my ideas, challenged me, and had lots of cups of chai with me. And I was struck by just how wonderful it felt, and how contagious that feeling was. I also realized I should have got infected when I was seven.
So, when I started Riverside school 10 years ago it became a lab, a lab to prototype and refine a design process that could consciously infect the mind with the "I Can" bug. And I uncovered, that if learning is embedded in real-world context, that if you blur the boundaries between school and life, then children go through a journey of aware, where they can see the change, enable, be changed, and then empower, lead the change. And that directly increased student wellbeing. Children became more competent, and less helpless. But this was all common sense.
So, I'd like to show you a little glimpse of what common practice looks like at Riverside. A little background: when my grade five was learning about child rights, they were made to roll incense sticks, agarbattis, for eight hours to experience what it means to be a child laborer. It transformed them. What you will see is their journey, and then their utter conviction that they could go out and change the world. (Music)
That's them rolling. And in two hours, after their backs were broke, they were changed. And once that happened, they were out in the city convincing everybody that child labor just had to be abolished. And look at Ragav, that moment when his face changes because he's been able to understand that he has shifted that man's mindset. And that can't happen in a classroom. So, when Ragav experienced that he went from "teacher told me," to "I am doing it." And that's the "I Can" mindshift. And it is a process that can be energized and nurtured.
But we had parents who said, "Okay, making our children good human beings is all very well, but what about math and science and English? Show us the grades." And we did. The data was conclusive. When children are empowered, not only do they do good, they do well, in fact very well, as you can see in this national benchmarking assessment taken by over 2,000 schools in India, Riverside children were outperforming the top 10 schools in India in math, English and science.
So, it worked. It was now time to take it outside Riverside. So, on August 15th, Independence Day, 2007, the children of Riverside set out to infect Ahmedabad. Now it was not about Riverside school. It was about all children. So, we were shameless. We walked into the offices of the municipal corporation, the police, the press, businesses. and basically said, "When are you going to wake up and recognize the potential that resides in every child. When will you include the child in the city? Basically, open your hearts and your minds to the child."
So, how did the city respond? Since 2007 every other month the city closes down the busiest streets for traffic and converts it into a playground for children and childhood. Here was a city telling its child, "You can." A glimpse of infection in Ahmedabad. Video: (Hindi) So, the busiest streets closed down. We have the traffic police and municipal corporation helping us. It gets taken over by children. They are skating. They are doing street plays. They are playing, all free, for all children. (Music)
Atul Karwal: Aproch is an organization which has been doing things for kids earlier. And we plan to extend this to other parts of the city. (Music)
Kiran Bir Sethi: And the city will give free time. And Ahmedabad got the first child-friendly zebra crossing in the world.
Geet Sethi: When a city gives to the children in the future the children will give back to the city. (Music)
KBS: And because of that, Ahmedabad is known as India's first child-friendly city.
So, you're getting the pattern. First 200 children at Riverside. Then 30,000 children in Ahmedabad, and growing. It was time now to infect India. So, on August 15th, again, Independence Day, 2009, empowered with the same process, we empowered 100,000 children to say, "I can." How? We designed a simple toolkit, converted it into eight languages, and reached 32,000 schools. We basically gave children a very simple challenge. We said, take one idea, anything that bothers you, choose one week, and change a billion lives.
And they did. Stories of change poured in from all over India, from Nagaland in the east, to Jhunjhunu in the west, from Sikkim in the north, to Krishnagiri in the south. Children were designing solutions for a diverse range of problems. Right from loneliness to filling potholes in the street, to alcoholism, and 32 children who stopped 16 child marriages in Rajasthan. I mean, it was incredible. Basically again reaffirming that when adults believe in children and say, "You can," then they will. Infection in India. This is in Rajasthan, a rural village.
Video: Child: (Hindi) KBS: First time, a rally and a street play in a rural school -- unheard of -- to tell their parents why literacy is important. Look at what their parents says.
Man: (Hindi)
Woman: (Hindi)
KBS: An inner city school in Hyderabad.
Girl: (Hindi)
KBS: Girls and boys in Hyderabad, going out, pretty difficult, but they did it.
Woman: (Hindi)
Woman: It was a revelation for me. It doesn't strike me that they had so much inside them.
Girl: Thank you ladies and gentlemen. For our auction we have some wonderful paintings for you, for a very good cause, the money you give us will be used to buy hearing aids. Are you ready ladies and gentlemen? Audience: Yes! Girl: Are you ready? Audience: Yes! Girl: Are you ready? Audience: Yes!
KBS: So, the charter of compassion starts right here. Street plays, auctions, petitions. I mean, they were changing lives. It was incredible. So, how can we still stay immune? How can we stay immune to that passion, that energy, that excitement? I know it's obvious, but I have to end with the most powerful symbol of change, Gandhiji. 70 years ago, it took one man to infect an entire nation with the power of "We can."
So, today who is it going to take to spread the infection from 100,000 children to the 200 million children in India? Last I heard, the preamble still said, "We, the people of India," right? So, if not us, then who? If not now, then when? Like I said, contagious is a good word. Thank you. (Applause)
The founder of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, Kiran Sethi has launched an initiative to make our cities more child-friendly.
Why you should listen to her:
Kiran Bir Sethi's early training as a designer is clear in her work as an educator -- she looks beyond what exists, to ask, "could we do this a better way?" In 2001, she founded the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, designing the primary school's curriculum (and its building) from the ground up. Based around six "Beacons of Learning," the school's lesson plan focuses on creating curious, competent future citizens. The school now enrolls almost 300 children and has franchised its curriculum widely.
Sethi's latest project, inspired by dialogue with the children of Riverside, is called AProCh -- which stands for "A Protagonist in every Child." Fighting the stereotype of modern kids as rude and delinquent, AProCh looks for ways to engage Ahmedabad's children in modern city life, and to revamp our cities to make room for kids to learn, both actively and by example.
"It is possible to organize cities to teach usefulness, social responsibility, ecological skill, the values of good work, and the higher possibilities of adulthood."
With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water. These structures are still used today -- and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.
About Anupam Mishra
To promote smart water management, Anupam Mishra works to preserve rural India’s traditional rainwater harvesting techniques
TRANSCIPT
For emotions, we should not move quickly to the desert. So, first, a small housekeeping announcement: please switch off your proper English check programs installed in your brain. (Applause)
So, welcome to the golden desert, Indian desert. It receives the least rainfall in the country, lowest rainfall. If you are well-versed with inches, nine inches, centimeters, 16 inches. The groundwater is 300 feet deep, 100 meters. And in most parts it is saline, not fit for drinking. So, you can't install hand pumps or dig wells, though there is no electricity in most of the villages. But suppose you use the green technology, solar pumps -- they are of no use in this area.
So, welcome to the Golden Desert. Clouds seldom visit this area. But we find 40 different names of clouds in this dialect used here. There are a number of techniques to harvest rain. This is a new work, it's a new program. But for the desert society this is no program; this is their life. And they harvest rain in many ways. So, this is the first device they use in harvesting rain. It's called kunds; somewhere it is called [unclear].
And you can notice they have created a kind of false catchment. The desert is there, sand dunes, some small field. And this is all big raised platform. You can notice the small holes the water will fall on this catchment, and there is a slope. Sometimes our engineers and architects do not care about slopes in bathrooms but here they will care properly. And the water will go where it should go. And then it is 40 feet deep. The waterproofing is done perfectly, better than our city contractors, because not a single drop should go waste in this.
They collect 100 thousand liters in one season. And this is pure drinking water. Below the surface there is hard saline water. But now you can have this for year round. It's two houses. We often use a term called bylaws. Because we are used to get written things. But here it is unwritten by law. And people make their house, and the water storage tanks. These raised up platforms just like this stage. In fact they go 15 feet deep, and collect rain water from roof, there is a small pipe, and from their courtyard. It can also harvest something like 25 thousand in a good monsoon.
Another big one, this is of course out of the hardcore desert area. This is near Jaipur. This is called the Jaigarh Fort. And it can collect six million gallons of rainwater in one season. The age is 400 years. So, since 400 years it has been giving you almost six million gallons of water per season. You can calculate the price of that water. It draws water from 15 kilometers of canals.
You can see a modern road, hardly 50 years old. It can break sometimes. But this 400 year old canal, which draws water, is is maintained for so many generations. Of course if you want to go inside, the two doors are locked. But they can be opened for TED people. (Laughter) And we request them. You can see person coming up with two canisters of water. And the water level -- these are not empty canisters -- water level is right up to this. It can envy many municipalities, the color, the taste, the purity of this water. And this is what they call Zero B type of water, because it comes from the clouds, pure distilled water.
We stop for a quick commercial break, and then we come back to the traditional systems. The government thought that this is a very backward area and we should bring a multi-million dollar project to bring water from the Himalayas. That's why I said that this is a commercial break. (Laughter) But we will come back, once again, to the traditional thing. So, water from 300, 400 kilometers away, soon it become like this. In many portions, water hyacinth covered these big canals like anything.
Of course there are some areas where water is reaching, I'm not saying that it is not reaching at all. But the tail end, the Jaisalmer area, you will notice in Bikaner things like this: where the water hyacinth couldn't grow the sand is flowing in these canals. The bonus is that you can find wildlife around it. (Laughter)
We had full-page advertisements, some 30 years, 25 years ago when this canal came. They said that throw away your traditional systems, these new cement tanks will supply you piped water. It's a dream. And it became a dream also. Because soon the water was not able to reach these areas. And people started renovating their own structures.
These are all traditional water structures, which we won't be able to explain in such a short time. But you can see that no woman is standing on those. (Laughter) And they are plaiting hair. (Applause) Jaisalmer. This is heart of desert. This town was established 800 years ago. I'm not sure by that time Bombay was there, or Delhi was there, or Chennai was there, or Bangalore was there.
So, this was the terminal point for silk route. Well connected, 800 years ago, through Europe. None of us were able to go to Europe, But Jaisalmer was well connected to it. And this is the 16 centimeter area. Such a limited rainfall, and highest colorful life flourished in these areas. You won't find water in this slide. But it is invisible. Somewhere a stream or a rivulet is running through here. Or, if you want to paint, you can paint it blue throughout because every roof which you see in this picture collects rainwater drops and deposit in the rooms.
But apart from this system, they designed 52 beautiful water bodies around this town. And what we call private public partnership you can add estate also. So, estate, public and private enterprise work together to build this beautiful water body. And it's a kind of water body for all seasons. You will admire it. Just behold the beauty throughout the year. Whether water level goes up or down, the beauty is there throughout.
Another water body, dried up, of course, during the summer period, but you can see how the traditional society combines engineering with aesthetics, with the heart. These statues, marvelous statues, gives you an idea of water table. When this rain comes and the water starts filling this tank, it will submerge these beautiful statues in what we call in English today "mass communication." This was for mass communication. Everybody in the town will know that this elephant has drown, so water will be there for seven months or nine months, or 12 months. And then they will come and worship this pond, pay respect, their gratitude.
Another small water body, called the [unclear]. It is difficult to translate in English, especially in my English. But the nearest would be "glory," a reputation. The reputation in desert of this small water body is that it never dries up. In severe drought periods nobody has seen this water body getting dried up. And perhaps they knew the future also. It was designed some 150 years ago. But perhaps they knew that on sixth, November, 2009, there will be a TED green and blue session, so they painted it like this. (Laughter) (Applause)
Dry water body. Children are standing on a very difficult device to explain. This is called kund. We have, in English, surface water and ground water. But this is not ground water. You can draw ground water from any well. But this is no ordinary well. It squeeze the moisture hidden in the sand. And they have dubbed this water as the third one called [unclear]. And there is a gypsum belt running below it. And it was deposited by the great mother Earth, some three million years ago. And where we have this gypsum strip they can harvest this water.
This is the same dry water body, Now, you don't find any kund; they are all submerged. But when the water goes down they will be able to draw water from those structures throughout the year. This year they have received only six centimeters. Six centimeter of rainfall, and they can telephone you that if you find any water problem in your city, Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore, Mysore, please come to our area of six centimeters, we can give you water. (Laughter)
How they maintain them? There are three things: concept, planning, making the actual thing, and also maintaining them. It is a structure for maintain, for centuries, by generations, without any department, without any funding, So the secret is "[unclear]," respect. Your own thing, not personal property, my property, every time.
So, these stone pillars will remind you that you are entering into a water body area. Don't spit, don't to anything wrong, so that the clean water can be collected. Another pillar, stone pillar on your right side. If you climb these three, six steps you will find something very nice. This was done in 11th century. And you have to go further down. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so we can say a thousand words right now, an another thousand words. If the water table goes down, you will find new stairs. If it comes up, some of them will be submerged. So, throughout the year this beautiful system will give you some pleasure. Three sides, such steps, on the fourth side there is a four-story building where you can organize such TED conferences anytime. (Applause)
Excuse me, who built these structures? They are in front of you. The best civil engineers we had, the best planners, the best architects. We can say that because of them, because of their forefathers, India could get the first engineering college in 1847. There were no English medium schools at that time, even no Hindi schools, [unclear] schools. But such people, compelled to the East India Company, which came here for business, a very dirty kind of business ... (Laughter) But not to create the engineering colleges, but because of them, first engineering college was created in a small village not in the town.
The last point, we all know in our primary schools that that camel is a ship of desert. So, you can find through your Jeep, a camel, and a cart. This tire comes from the airplane. So, look at the beauty from the desert society who can harvest rainwater, and also create something through a tire from a jet plane, and used in a camel cart.
Last picture, it's a tattoo, 2,000-years-old tattoo. They were using it on their body. Tattoo was, at one time, a kind of a blacklisted or con thing, but now it is in thing. (Laughter) (Applause) You can copy this tattoo. I have some posters of this. (Laughter) The center of life is water. These are the beautiful waves. These are the beautiful stairs which we just saw in one of the slides. These are the trees. And these are the flowers which add fragrance to our lives. So, this is the message of desert. Thank you very much. (Applause)
Chris Anderson: So, first of all, I wish I had your eloquence, truly, in any language. (Applause) These artifacts and designs are inspiring. Do you believe that they can be used elsewhere, that the world can learn from this? Or is this just right for this place?
Anupam Mishra: No, the basic idea is to utilize water that falls on our area. So, the ponds, the open bodies, are everywhere, right from Sri Lanka to Kashmir, and in other parts also. And these [unclear], which stored water, there are two type of things. One recharge, and one stores. So, it depends on the terrain. But kund, which uses the gypsum belt, for that you have to go back to your calendar, three million years ago. If it is there it can be done right now. Otherwise, it can't be done. (Laughter) (Applause)
To promote smart water management, Anupam Mishra works to preserve rural India’s traditional rainwater harvesting techniques.
Why you should listen to him:
Anupam Mishra travels across water-challenged India studying rainwater harvesting methods and learning from the people behind them. He presents his findings to NGOs, development agencies and environmental groups, pulling from centuries of indigenous wisdom that has found water for drinking and irrigation even in extremely arid landscapes through wells, filter ponds and other catchment systems.
A founding member of the Gandhi Peace Foundation, Mishra is working to bridge the gap between modern water management technology and india's heritage of water harvesting, so that every community is self-sustainable and efficiently safekeeping an increasingly scarce and precious resource.
"In [him] lives a spirit, of quiet service, that once existed freely in our politics and our activism, a spirit that has been completely excised from one sphere and remains gravely threatened in the other."
Ramachandra Guha, in The Hindu Thank you TED, TED India
ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 7 - ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಬಾನುಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ದಿನ. ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಂದ - ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗಾಗಿ - ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೋಸ್ಕರವಾಗಿ ಬಿತ್ತರವಾಗುವ ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳುವುದಲ್ಲದೆ, ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಇಲಾಖೆ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರು ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಘ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡು ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸುವ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿದೆ.
ಹಲೋ! ಇದು ಆಕಾಶವಾಣಿ. ಯಾರು ಮಾತಾಡ್ತಾ ಇರೋದು? ಹಲೋ! ನಾನು ಸ್ಫೂರ್ತಿ. ಎಷ್ಟನೇ ಕ್ಲಾಸ್ ಓದ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದೀಯ, ಸ್ಫೂರ್ತಿ? ಯಾವ ಸ್ಕೂಲು? ಆರನೇ ಕ್ಲಾಸ್ ಓದ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದೀನಿ, ಕಾನ್ವೆಂಟ್ ಸ್ಕೂಲ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ. ಸ್ಫೂರ್ತಿ, ನಿನ್ನ ಹವ್ಯಾಸಗಳು ಏನು? ಆಟ ಆಡೋದು, ಟಿ.ವಿ. ನೋಡೋದು, ಕಥೆ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಓದೋದು, ಚಿತ್ರ ಬರಿಯೋದು, ಸ್ಟ್ಯಾಂಪ್ ಕಲೆಕ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡೋದು, ಸಂಗೀತಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗೋದು, ಹೀಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲ ಇಷ್ಟ ನಂಗೆ. ಮುಂದೆ ಏನಾಗ್ಬೇಕು, ಏನು ಸಾಧಿಸ್ಬೇಕು ಅಂತ ಕನಸು ಇಟ್ಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೀಯ, ಸ್ಫೂರ್ತಿ? ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಓದಿ, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಆಫೀಸರ್ ಆಗ್ಬೇಕು ಅಂತಿದ್ದೀನಿ. ಆಲ್ ದ ಬೆಸ್ಟ್, ಸ್ಫೂರ್ತಿ. ನಿನ್ನ ಕನಸು ನನಸಾಗಲಿ. ಇನ್ನು ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿನ ಕಾಲರ್ ಯಾರು ನೋಡೋಣ? ಹಲೋ! ಇದು ಆಕಾಶವಾಣಿ. ಯಾರು ಮಾತಾಡ್ತಾ ಇರೋದು?
ಪುಟಾಣಿಗಳಾದ ಸಮರ್ಥ, ತುಷಾರ್, ಅನುಪಮ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಪ್ರೀತ ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ ಆಕಾಶವಾಣಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತು ಅರ್ಧಗಂಟೆ ಕಾಲ ಸುಮಾರು 40 ಜನ ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕಳೆದ ವರ್ಷ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಬಾನುಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ದಿನದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಕ್ಕಳೇ ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಟ್ಟ ನೇರ ಫೋನ್-ಇನ್ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ತುಣುಕು ಇದು.
ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಂದ-ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗಾಗಿ- ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೋಸ್ಕರ, ಮಕ್ಕಳ ದನಿಯನ್ನು ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಗೆ ಕೇಳಿಸಲೋಸುಗ ವಿಶ್ವಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ನಿಧಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇಂಟರ್‌ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ ಆಫ್ ಟೆಲಿವಿಷನ್ ಆರ್ಟ್ಸ್ ಅಂಡ್ ಸೈನ್ಸಸ್ ಸಹಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿವರ್ಷ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ಎರಡನೇ ಭಾನುವಾರದಂದು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಬಾನುಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ದಿನವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. 2008 ರ ನವೆಂಬರ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ವಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ನಿಧಿ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡ ತೀರ್ಮಾನದ ಅನ್ವಯ ಇನ್ನು ಮುಂದೆ ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ಮೊದಲನೇ ಭಾನುವಾರದಂದು ಈ ದಿನವನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಮುಂದಿನ ಬಾನುಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ದಿನ ಇದೇ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 7, 2010 ರಂದು ಆಚರಿಸಲು ಸಿದ್ಧತೆ ನಡೆದು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಮಕ್ಕಳು (ಆಲ್ ರೈಟ್ಸ್ ಆಲ್ ಚಿಲ್ಡ್ರನ್) ಎಂಬ ಘೋಷವಾಕ್ಯವನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಕಳೆದ ವರ್ಷದ ಘೋಷವಾಕ್ಯ ’ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿ-ಪುಟಾಣಿಗಳ ದನಿ ಕೇಳಿ’ ಆಗಿತ್ತು. ವಿಶ್ವದ ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ದನಿ ಕೇಳಿಸಲು ಬಾನುಲಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ.
ಪ್ರತಿ ಮಗುವಿಗೂ ತನ್ನ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸುವ ಹಕ್ಕು ಇದೆ ಎಂಬ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳ 12ನೇ ವಿಧಿಯ ಅನ್ವಯ 1991 ರ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ 08 ರಂದು (ಎರಡನೇ ಭಾನುವಾರ) ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡ ಈ ಬಾನುಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ದಿನಾಚರಣೆ ಇದುವರೆಗೆ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿ ನಡೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದಿದ್ದು ವಿಶ್ವದ 185ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಸದಸ್ಯರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಗಳ 3000ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಬಾನುಲಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಟಿ.ವಿ. ಪ್ರಸಾರ ಕೇಂದ್ರಗಳು ಈ ದಿನದಂದು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿತ್ತರಿಸುತ್ತಿವೆ. (ಮಾಹಿತಿಗೆ ನೋಡಿ : www.unicef.org/videoaudio/)
ಭಾರತೀಯ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ - ಪ್ರಸಾರ ಭಾರತಿ - ತನ್ನ 250ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಬಾನುಲಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ದೇಶದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಹರಡಿರುವ ದೂರದರ್ಶನ ಜಾಲದ ಮೂಲಕ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಅನೇಕ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿತ್ತರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದು ಪ್ರತಿವರ್ಷವೂ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಬಾನುಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಾರ ದಿನದಂದು ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಂದಲೇ ಹತ್ತಾರು ವಿಶೇಷ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಸಾರಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಖಾಸಗಿ ವಾಹಿನಿಗಳೂ ಕೂಡ ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬಿದ್ದಿಲ್ಲ.
ಹಲೋ! ಇದು ಆಕಾಶವಾಣಿ. ಯಾರು ಮಾತಾಡ್ತಾ ಇರೋದು?