Distinguished philosopher
My compliments to you for the highly insightful and comprehensive cover story ‘Why every educator should revisit J. Krishnamurti?’ (EW June). Krishnamurti was the sole Indian existential philosopher who advocated individualism in education development. The spirit of his education philosophy needs to be replicated in India’s faltering K-12 education system.

You have elevated EW to a great height by featuring JK in this unprecedented lead feature. You should continue with this trend of writing about distinguished educationists and thinkers in your future issues.

Dr. A.S. Seetharamu, Bengaluru

Inspirational cover story
Congratulations on an inspirational cover story ‘Why every educator should revisit J. Krishnamurti’ (EW June) highlighting the education philosophy of this extraordinary philosopher-sage. I am happy to learn that his precepts are being faithfully implemented in six KFI (Krishnamurti Foundation India) schools countrywide.

As a parent of two teenage children, I believe it’s paramount for them to develop into good human beings. After the anxiety of the pandemic years, there is urgent need for children to be provided education in nature-friendly and joyous learning environments.

Shivani Nakhare, Mumbai

Well done job
kudos to EducationWorld for successfully staging the EW India Higher Education Rankings 2022-23 Awards ceremony featuring the leading lights of academia.

Your pictorial essay (EW June) reflects a well-done job of celebrating and felicitating top-ranked colleges and universities based on the outcome of the comprehensive EW India Higher Education Rankings 2022-23 conducted by Delhi-based market research company C fore.

Aditya Sen, Kolkata

Support aspiring champs
It was refreshing to read about teenage golfer Avani Prakash’s latest achievements in your Young Achiever’s column (EW June). Her success story offers valuable lessons to parents and school managements who hesitate to support aspiring sports champions fearing their board exam results may suffer. No wonder a country with one billion-plus people struggles to produce medal-winning Olympians.

Wake up India!

Mrinal Singh via e-mail

Useful institution profiles
I am a class XII student and a regular reader of EducationWorld. I congratulate you for your unique foreign Institution Profiles in particular, because they are well-researched and provide details of global rankings, campus facilities, accommodation options, tuition fee and boarding charges, and degree programmes offered. These detailed profiles are very useful for school-leavers like me to choose suitable higher education institutions abroad.

Keep up the good work!

Satisha Raghava, Bengaluru

Appalling callousness
I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with your persistent misprinting the name of our college in the annual EducationWorld India Higher Education Rankings for the past two years. We are DAV College, Abohar and not DAV College of Education, Abohar.

We brought the error to your notice for the first time in May 2021 which was duly acknowledged and our name promptly corrected online. However, our institutional name was misprinted again in your April 2022 issue.

I am appalled by your sheer callousness in rectifying mistakes in your print editions despite bringing the errors to your notice.

Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mahajan
Principal, DAV College, Abohar

Sorry again. Error is regretted and corrected online — Editor

Politicians playground
The Maharashtra Education News ‘VC selection stand-off’ (EW June) is a classic example of all that can go wrong with Indian higher education.

It’s shocking to learn that Pune’s well-reputed Savitribai Phule University has become a playground for the state’s feuding politicians who have little interest in how the varsity and its 950 affiliated colleges will function without a vice-chancellor.

Appointing a pro-chancellor instead is not the solution but clear indication of politics being played out to balance power between the state government and governor.

Chetana Shriram, Pune