Women have been successful as engineers
Why we had to switch to coeducational system
Mentoring as a method to promote research within the university, primarily in environment, renewable energy, waste management
After the success of Clean Thanjavur project we are training municipalities and town panchayat officials, and now Chirala in Andhra Pradesh
International conference on energy from waste, and interest shown by foreign universities
Students from across the world can come and work with PMU, and we follow the European credit transfer system
Centre for Rural Development and Periyar PURA aims at converting unemployed youth into national assets, with industry support
Reservation in the minds of industry and academia come in the way of fruitful collaboration between the two
Benefits that can be reaped if Indian industry sets up research labs within universities
Integration of Departments within the university fosters networking of brains and a consortium approach to problems
How consortium approach of multiple Departments of University achieved results in the Clean Thanjavur project
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises can leverage the University research resources - examples
MBA students can chip in with marketing and finance inputs for research projects - solar lantern example
Community development work of students in villages
Networking of educational institutions essential to scale up rural development work
Students can be the change agents, by carrying the awareness back to families
If teachers are respected, India can grow faster, but that also depends on teachers' behaviour
Does teaching attract the right talent
Should there be appropriate fiscal policies and tax sops to encourage university research
Importance of documenting best practices, successful extension work, as knowledge management
Proper documentation missing for many of our heritage monuments - what my research thesis on Thanjavur Fort found
We keep documents only for property, not about the history of our own forefathers
During slowdown, engineers should concentrate on developing the sub-systems in the country towards sustainable growth
Employees should join hands with employers in facing the challenges of economic slowdown
Rather than following the herd mentality, every individual has to adopt humanitarian approach
Ragging is a barbarian and inhuman practice in campuses
Do women engineers get their due respect in the society and at work
When women are treated as commodities in advertising, movies and media, what happens is enslavement
Centre for Periyar Thought launching a multilingual search engine
BE-Civil Engineering Part-time in Tamil medium - a successful initiative of using vernacular in professional education
English should not be a stumbling block for students to move towards higher education

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