Scientific Humanism

Contents: 

Gandhian Vision of Education  • Nehruvian Vision of Education and Science & Technology  • Education, Science and Values: Kotharian View  • Science, Spirituality and Humanism  • Value Orientation of Education  • Index

About the Authors: 

Dr. Feroz Ahmed retired as Professor of Physics from the Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi. During his illustrious academic career, he travelled widely. He was Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, U.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, and Mushashi Institute of Technology, Japan, to mention a few. Dr. Ahmed was Visiting Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, U.S., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S., International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy, and Institute of Atomic Energy, Hungary. He has been an Associate Member of International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. He was a member of Indian Nuclear Society and Semiconductor Society of India. Dr. Ahmed has participated in several national and international seminars/conferences and has delivered invited talks within and outside the country. Dr. Ahmed has published more than 70 research papers in reputed international journals. Under his supervision 10 students completed their Ph.D. dissertations. U.G.C. Emeritus Fellowship was conferred on him in 2002. He served as Honorary Coordinator of Prof. D.S. Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education, University of Delhi, from 1997 to 2005. He is co-author of a book which has been recognized as the only comprehensive book written by Indian authors on the subject of Nuclear Reactors. He has edited four volumes comprising various writings of late Prof. D.S. Kothari. Recently, he co-authored a book Forty Years of Kothari Commission: Reforms and Reflections

Dr. Ahmed held several administrative positions in the University of Delhi. He has been University representative on the governing bodies of various colleges and member of a number of apex bodies and advisory committees. He is also a member of the Majilis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) of Jamia Millia Islamia. Besides these, he has been associated with several social and cultural organisations engaged in the field of education, particularly to the isolated and excluded. He served with distinction as Honorary Secretary of Delhi Education Society. Currently, he is Vice-President of Anjuman Farogh-e-Urdu and Coordinator of the World Bank supported Collaborative Programme between the University of Delhi and Kabul University for improvement of higher science education in Afghanistan. [profferozahmed@yahoo.co.in]

Suresh Garg holds the substantive position of Professor of Physics at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. Currently, he is Commonwealth expert and deputed as Founder Director, Centre for Learning and Teaching, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho, Southern Africa. In the period 2002-2006, he served with distinction as Acting Vice Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU. In 1999, he took over as Director, School of Sciences of the University. Prior to this, he served as Commonwealth Distance Science Expert at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, from 1996 to 1998. He is a member of several national and international professional bodies like Indian Association of Physics Teachers, Indian Distance Educators? Association, CASTME-Asia, and ICTP-India. He served as Secretary, Global Mega Universities Network (GMUNET), and SAARC Consortium for Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL). He is serving on academic, research and management boards of several conventional and open universities in the country and abroad. He has co-authored three books in Physics, one in education and edited five books on different aspects of distance education, besides publishing several research papers in national and international journals of repute and articles for books. In 2003-2006, he was Chief Editor of Indian Journal of Open Learning published by IGNOU. Between 2001-04, he was an Editor of Global E-Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Education and is Guest Editor of Staff and Educational Development International. Since September 2005, he is one of the Editors of AAOU Journal on open learning. He has travelled widely and spoken on various topics on education and distance education. IGNOU broadened its national presence and international networking, particularly in Africa, SAARC countries and Middle East with his efforts and guidance at the International Division of IGNOU. Prof. Garg believes in evolving innovative practices, and as academic content coordinator (Honorary) of South Asia Foundation, he helped develop a Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Environment and Sustainable Development for offer by Open Universities in the SAARC region. He has successfully completed several sponsored projects on education, training and research for capacity building. He was team leader of UNDP-DOPT project for capacity building of Indian bureaucrats through distance learning, ComSec project on Science and Technology for science education in elementary schools, IPR Project of MHRD, among others. He has been an active member of the research group executing projects with Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. [scgarg@ignou.ac.in]

About the Authors: 

Dr. Feroz Ahmed retired as Professor of Physics from the Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi. During his illustrious academic career, he travelled widely. He was Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, U.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, and Mushashi Institute of Technology, Japan, to mention a few. Dr. Ahmed was Visiting Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, U.S., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S., International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy, and Institute of Atomic Energy, Hungary. He has been an Associate Member of International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. He was a member of Indian Nuclear Society and Semiconductor Society of India. Dr. Ahmed has participated in several national and international seminars/conferences and has delivered invited talks within and outside the country. Dr. Ahmed has published more than 70 research papers in reputed international journals. Under his supervision 10 students completed their Ph.D. dissertations. U.G.C. Emeritus Fellowship was conferred on him in 2002. He served as Honorary Coordinator of Prof. D.S. Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education, University of Delhi, from 1997 to 2005. He is co-author of a book which has been recognized as the only comprehensive book written by Indian authors on the subject of Nuclear Reactors. He has edited four volumes comprising various writings of late Prof. D.S. Kothari. Recently, he co-authored a book Forty Years of Kothari Commission: Reforms and Reflections

Dr. Ahmed held several administrative positions in the University of Delhi. He has been University representative on the governing bodies of various colleges and member of a number of apex bodies and advisory committees. He is also a member of the Majilis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) of Jamia Millia Islamia. Besides these, he has been associated with several social and cultural organisations engaged in the field of education, particularly to the isolated and excluded. He served with distinction as Honorary Secretary of Delhi Education Society. Currently, he is Vice-President of Anjuman Farogh-e-Urdu and Coordinator of the World Bank supported Collaborative Programme between the University of Delhi and Kabul University for improvement of higher science education in Afghanistan. [profferozahmed@yahoo.co.in]

Suresh Garg holds the substantive position of Professor of Physics at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. Currently, he is Commonwealth expert and deputed as Founder Director, Centre for Learning and Teaching, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho, Southern Africa. In the period 2002-2006, he served with distinction as Acting Vice Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU. In 1999, he took over as Director, School of Sciences of the University. Prior to this, he served as Commonwealth Distance Science Expert at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, from 1996 to 1998. He is a member of several national and international professional bodies like Indian Association of Physics Teachers, Indian Distance Educators? Association, CASTME-Asia, and ICTP-India. He served as Secretary, Global Mega Universities Network (GMUNET), and SAARC Consortium for Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL). He is serving on academic, research and management boards of several conventional and open universities in the country and abroad. He has co-authored three books in Physics, one in education and edited five books on different aspects of distance education, besides publishing several research papers in national and international journals of repute and articles for books. In 2003-2006, he was Chief Editor of Indian Journal of Open Learning published by IGNOU. Between 2001-04, he was an Editor of Global E-Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Education and is Guest Editor of Staff and Educational Development International. Since September 2005, he is one of the Editors of AAOU Journal on open learning. He has travelled widely and spoken on various topics on education and distance education. IGNOU broadened its national presence and international networking, particularly in Africa, SAARC countries and Middle East with his efforts and guidance at the International Division of IGNOU. Prof. Garg believes in evolving innovative practices, and as academic content coordinator (Honorary) of South Asia Foundation, he helped develop a Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Environment and Sustainable Development for offer by Open Universities in the SAARC region. He has successfully completed several sponsored projects on education, training and research for capacity building. He was team leader of UNDP-DOPT project for capacity building of Indian bureaucrats through distance learning, ComSec project on Science and Technology for science education in elementary schools, IPR Project of MHRD, among others. He has been an active member of the research group executing projects with Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. [scgarg@ignou.ac.in]About the Authors: 

Dr. Feroz Ahmed retired as Professor of Physics from the Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi. During his illustrious academic career, he travelled widely. He was Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, U.S., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, and Mushashi Institute of Technology, Japan, to mention a few. Dr. Ahmed was Visiting Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, U.S., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S., International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy, and Institute of Atomic Energy, Hungary. He has been an Associate Member of International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. He was a member of Indian Nuclear Society and Semiconductor Society of India. Dr. Ahmed has participated in several national and international seminars/conferences and has delivered invited talks within and outside the country. Dr. Ahmed has published more than 70 research papers in reputed international journals. Under his supervision 10 students completed their Ph.D. dissertations. U.G.C. Emeritus Fellowship was conferred on him in 2002. He served as Honorary Coordinator of Prof. D.S. Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education, University of Delhi, from 1997 to 2005. He is co-author of a book which has been recognized as the only comprehensive book written by Indian authors on the subject of Nuclear Reactors. He has edited four volumes comprising various writings of late Prof. D.S. Kothari. Recently, he co-authored a book Forty Years of Kothari Commission: Reforms and Reflections

Dr. Ahmed held several administrative positions in the University of Delhi. He has been University representative on the governing bodies of various colleges and member of a number of apex bodies and advisory committees. He is also a member of the Majilis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) of Jamia Millia Islamia. Besides these, he has been associated with several social and cultural organisations engaged in the field of education, particularly to the isolated and excluded. He served with distinction as Honorary Secretary of Delhi Education Society. Currently, he is Vice-President of Anjuman Farogh-e-Urdu and Coordinator of the World Bank supported Collaborative Programme between the University of Delhi and Kabul University for improvement of higher science education in Afghanistan. [profferozahmed@yahoo.co.in]

Suresh Garg holds the substantive position of Professor of Physics at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. Currently, he is Commonwealth expert and deputed as Founder Director, Centre for Learning and Teaching, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho, Southern Africa. In the period 2002-2006, he served with distinction as Acting Vice Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU. In 1999, he took over as Director, School of Sciences of the University. Prior to this, he served as Commonwealth Distance Science Expert at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, from 1996 to 1998. He is a member of several national and international professional bodies like Indian Association of Physics Teachers, Indian Distance Educators? Association, CASTME-Asia, and ICTP-India. He served as Secretary, Global Mega Universities Network (GMUNET), and SAARC Consortium for Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL). He is serving on academic, research and management boards of several conventional and open universities in the country and abroad. He has co-authored three books in Physics, one in education and edited five books on different aspects of distance education, besides publishing several research papers in national and international journals of repute and articles for books. In 2003-2006, he was Chief Editor of Indian Journal of Open Learning published by IGNOU. Between 2001-04, he was an Editor of Global E-Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Education and is Guest Editor of Staff and Educational Development International. Since September 2005, he is one of the Editors of AAOU Journal on open learning. He has travelled widely and spoken on various topics on education and distance education. IGNOU broadened its national presence and international networking, particularly in Africa, SAARC countries and Middle East with his efforts and guidance at the International Division of IGNOU. Prof. Garg believes in evolving innovative practices, and as academic content coordinator (Honorary) of South Asia Foundation, he helped develop a Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Environment and Sustainable Development for offer by Open Universities in the SAARC region. He has successfully completed several sponsored projects on education, training and research for capacity building. He was team leader of UNDP-DOPT project for capacity building of Indian bureaucrats through distance learning, ComSec project on Science and Technology for science education in elementary schools, IPR Project of MHRD, among others. He has been an active member of the research group executing projects with Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. [scgarg@ignou.ac.in]