By Sejal mathur
The Natarajan Education Society (NES), established by Dr Ganesh Natarajan, works in the domains of education and employability to ensure that the youth of India are equipped with necessary skills to make their mark in a changing world. It works towards aiding young and innovative students to dream of and conceptualise new products and services to solve real problems of society and make a mark in their domain.
NES had organised a Panel Discussion on ‘Enhancing Quality in Higher Education’ on March 23, 2013 at Mini Auditorium of Academic Complex, COEP. The Chief Guest for the function was the well-known luminary Padmabhushan Dr. A.R.Mashelkar. Amongst the other eminent panellists present were IT professionals and industrialists, alongwith our own Director Sir, Dr.A.D.Sahasrabuddhe. Mr.Mashelkar devised his own equation E=F, that is, Education=Future and that the there is no bright future without a good base of education. He also stressed upon the idea that ‘Innovation is no option-‘tis the only way!’ No wonder his words have impressed the crowd at large.
The panel discussion was followed by the award ceremony for the top ten winners. The first position went to a team of three from Sandeep Foundations Nasik, who developed coding for a Fall Detection System that alerted the relatives of the Old-aged person in case of occurrence of any fall or injury. The other runner-up teams were felicitated by Dr.A.R Mashelkar with a certificate and a book written by him.
The programme gave an insight into how intelligent minds have helped draw practical solutions to day-to-day difficulties. Indeed, a great occasion for all the faculty members and students of COEP getting to hear and interact with such talked-of personalities.