Category: Education
All the articles in the "Education" category.
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Being the Dean: Two Years Summarized in 1221 Words
The experience is worth a share for being a Dean of an institute like AIIMS, Bhopal was something I had not comprehended despite all the thought I gave before I consented to accept. It was the 6th year of the Institute and I remained Dean till its 8th year. Many friends were surprised when I…
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Women at Work
Our society and culture discourage women to excel and move ahead professionally. It takes me years to understand but I am thankful that I finally can. Having grown in a relatively evolved family, thankfully with no brothers, I felt I had not seen discrimination for women. Retrospectively I realize it was ‘conditioning’ or ‘normalizing’ which…
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Sodium, Potassium and Creatinine Abnormalities in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) is associated with a wide variety of metabolic abnormalities, and the most common ones are sodium and potassium irregularities. I will try to explain in brief, the sodium and potassium imbalances in DKA and their causes. Due to excess glucose in the blood, which acts as an osmotically active substance at such…
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Ankidroid for NEET PG preparation
Ankidroid is a flash cards app that I have probably used the most for my NEET PG preparation. For those who are not familiar with flashcards, a flashcard is a card bearing information, as words or numbers, on either or both sides, used for revising and memorizing. One writes a question on one side and an answer overleaf. There are a lot of flashcard apps available in the play store and you can use any of them. Now this app is based on the principle of spaced repetition for revision. You can make your own flashcards in the app(so this app is of better use if you start a bit early). These flashcards are then repeated in the app on particular time intervals.
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Head Injury and Court Evidence
A short summary of a court evidence describes the importance of analysis of intracranial haemorrhages during court evidence. The details of the case, name of the deceased, location of the court and name of the other expert have been purposely hidden.
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New York and New York University (NYU) : A Five Days Trip
The New York University and the city are places where people from all over the world can be seen. It is a mini world where everyone feels themselves as individuals and as part of whole. It’s a place where creativity is welcome in every form conceived. The tourist feels at home and the locals seem to be on the move. The young and not so young are the only distinctions of age. Concept of education, skill and livelihood can be appreciated only with liberated and open minds. It is a mini world, but out of the world.