siliconindia | | June 20164siliconindia Vol 5 Issue 4 SE - June 2016 Education Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Editor-in-Chief Pradeep Shankar Managing Editor Sandeep SenAssistant Managing Editor Sarath Syam Editorial Team Dikila Bhutia Jennifer Fatogun Sneha Chowdhry Amrutha Ram GM- Sales & Marketing Jaya Arora Sales Team Jyoti Sharma Akash Vikas Vineeta Advertising Queries No 501 & 502 -5th floor Vishal Tower, Janakapuri District Center Janakapuri, New Delhi- 110058 T: 011 45992100 Editorial queries edu_editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindia.com/magazine-in or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com. Cover price is Rs 100 per issue.Printed & published by Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of siliconMedia technologies Pvt Ltd. No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017 and Printed at Precision Fototype Service, # 13, Sathyanarayana Temple Street, Halsuru, Bangalore 560008 Editor Pradeep ShankarCopyright © 2015 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.com Visualiser ManjunathDelhi NCRJaya AroraBranch ManagerCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalSocrates, an ancient Greek philosopher, once asked his students, "Do not all men desire happiness?" One of the students answered, "There is no one who does not." Ultimately, people from all walks of life want happiness. Since happiness is a fundamental human quest, many countries have introduced happiness and well-being as a quantifiable asset to compliment Gross Domestic Product (GDP). One such nation is Bhutan, a tiny Himalayan country that measures prosperity through formal principles of Gross National Happiness (GNH). With less than 0.8 million people, Bhutan has taken GNH beyond an intellectual disclosure and has incorporated its values into their educational curriculum. It is not a gimmick anymore. For the past three or four decades, Bhutan's philosophy of considering happiness over material growth was a strange practice for rest of the world. Today, one of the fastest growing GDP's in the world, Bhutan's approach is attracting a lot of interest. The young generation of Bhutan not only learns the skills that are required to survive in this era of overwhelming technological advancements and globalization, but they are also aware of other's needs and the importance of collaboration in finding a solution collectively. As a result, on the United Nation's Human Development Index, Bhutan, which was considered as one of the poorest country with few schools and hospitals, is continuously moving upwards. India, the giant neighbor of Bhutan, has many things to learn from this. In the midst of all the socio-economic, environmental and political considerations, we need to look at our education as a way to find solutions and realize meaningful purpose in their lives as well as to bridge the gap between individual and collectives needs. Then only, we can call it as a holistic education. In this issue of SiliconIndia Education, we feature one such Indian university on the cover. ITM University located in Gwalior, keeps student's life on a `human scale' with a mission to educate leaders who can make a difference in the world. The country needs many more such universities. Therefore, along with ITM University, we also feature, `Top 20 Private Universities' and `Top 10 Emerging Universities', where students are taught to become great human beings. Please do let us know what you think.Sarath ShyamAssistant Managing Editoredu_editor@siliconindia.comEducate for Gross National Happiness EditorialSr. Visualiser Ashok Kumar
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