{"id":3671,"date":"2010-04-06T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2021-10-11T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:03:48","slug":"to-sir-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldofsteel.com\/pages\/2010\/04\/06\/to-sir-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"To Sir, With Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3671\" class=\"elementor elementor-3671\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-267b4bd1 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"267b4bd1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60b25eff\" data-id=\"60b25eff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70864f77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70864f77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nTo Sir, With Love\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5826dfc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5826dfc5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e2f976e\" data-id=\"3e2f976e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-407e3d8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"407e3d8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sidney Poitier and this fantastic movie is more poignant than ever. There is a lot one can crib about the state of education in India but lets also celebrate the islands of excellence in education. The islands are of course our IITs. Certainly a gift to our nation from a great mind\u2026.Jawarhal Nehru. What Stanford is to the Silicon Valley, the IITs are to our country`s growth and confidence. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fccfa1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fccfa1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They are also back in a new reincarnation for people who did not have the privilege of attending (or making the cut as one may say) while in their teens and twenties. Am speaking of their Continuing Education Programs. From personal experience their programs in Business Excellence, Steel Casting and the more intensive Human Resource Development and Marketing Programs are treasure troves waiting to be discovered. Not to mention their programs in Mathematics to get minds whirring again after gathering a bit of rust. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ef816d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20ef816d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These are of course the programs at their vibrant Mumbai campus located around the scenic Powai lake. All are little gems, delivering more than expectation in a typical understated IIT way. Each is a voyage of discovery backed with the resources of IIT, in a live classroom environment comprising of young engineers along with marketers from FMCGs, entrepreneurs and senior professionals. Each participant sharing his or her own experience and learning from the intense interaction. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6597dfed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6597dfed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What you need is just curiosity and ability to share. What you can take back is personal growth, the joy of learning and reinventing yourself and of course life long bonds. 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