“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair”

(Charles Dickens, A tale of two cities,1859)

161 years later the COVID 19 has brought the same situation upon us. World over academic institutions have been at the forefront of the battle. Select Indian schools are also getting on the bandwagon. IIT Kanpur is bringing up a new prototype for ventilators, Shoolini is researching on new kinds of sanitisers, Amrita Vishwavidyalaya is trying hard to promote e-learning by their product A-VIEW, but the list is still restrictive.

And as members of the academic community, it is imperative that we lead from the front. New forms of connecting with your stakeholders, passing on the right message through your students, teaching empathy and of course making them learn online and offline must be our focus. This is also the time to get your teachers to learn and master the art of communicating through online mediums and the administration to get to use technology to minimize personal contact across activities from admission to evaluation. Research and development on drugs, on new forms of mechanical and electronic equipment, testing kits, the need for great products that are India specific would be the order of the day. Covid – 19 will fundamentally alter the way the we live, learn and educate.

IDA would be your partner in connecting stakeholders, effecting partnerships, applauding achievements and sharing success stories.

Come, be a pioneer in this new way of educating!

– B Mahesh Sarma

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