That is a course from Harvard University. The name of the course is - Health in numbers - Quantitative methods in clinical and public health research. We are learning two main subjects which we are learning over here. Bio-statistics by Prof. Marcello Pegano and Epidemiology by Earl Francis Cook. This course is a totally online course and it has started on 15th October 2012 and will end in Jan 2013. It is 12 weeks course. One will have to submit their weekly homework based on the lectures (video lectures) and will have to give and exam at the end of the course in Jan 2013. One will be able to get the certificate if he / she successfully completes the course. This course is absolutely free of cost and you can pursue this course from anywhere in the world.
This is the BEST course I have came across. I am enjoying it like anything. Will keep posting about this course in future as well.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Teacher
Pain as a teacher - Pain is a great teacher. Whenever we get pain, we should carefully listen to what it is saying to us. In haste we many a times miss what it has to say to us. If we will listen to it and will try to learn what it wants to teach us, our life will become easier.
Importance of teacher - Teacher is an integral part of educational process. In Indian culture it is referred as 'Guru'. The role of teacher varies to a great extent depending on the subject to be taught and the students who are learning. A real teacher creates life long impression on the life of student. And then the student who follows those values becomes teacher one day. But becoming a teacher is a natural process and not an artificial one. Osho says that becoming Guru cannot be the aim! It is when others try to follow a person and then the person is called as Guru. We can always strive to be a good student, it is up to people if they want to follow us and want to refer to us as Guru.
Importance of student - As we cannot decide to be a teacher, we can try to become a good student. There is one more reason to strive to be a good student. And that is - many a times we cannot find a real teacher! A real teacher takes birth after many years and is difficult to find out. It may happen that we will loose much of our life time finding him. Access to a real teacher may be difficult. Though we will get access to him / her it is a big process to take knowledge from him and then applying it in life! As becoming a good student is in our hand, we should focus on that.
Books as a teacher - In this process of becoming a good student, books prove to be a great teacher. I may not be able to see Mahatma Gandi or Veer Savarkar by my own eyes, but with help of books, I can understand their thoughts. I can listen to their voice and I can see their mighty acts! I can read the intense love for motherland in the life of Bhagat Sing. I can feel the pain of homeless Afagani Children in books and so on...... I can live many lives in such a way with the help of books. Hence books are a great teacher. Reading requires simple skills but it gives us treasure of emotions and wisdom in the world.
Come... Let's try to be good students!
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Research in Ayurveda
Research in Ayurveda is the need of time I feel. It is dire need of today's world. At one side many diseases are there in the society and on the other hand many of the diseases are finding good care with the help of Ayurveda. But the problem is - lack of documentation in Ayurveda. Actually there are many problems but let us have a look at it one by one.
Documentation:
Documentation is extremely needed in Ayurveda. In clinical research it is said that "If you do it and if you do not document it, it is not done!" Such is higher level of evidence that is needed in a clinical trial to establish a point. In Ayurveda, there are many texts which have documented many observations and many Ayurvedic practitioners use it in their practice. But the problem is of validation. The texts which are written are being followed and some of the treatments get good results. It will be highly beneficial if we can validate this data.
Measurement:
"How to measure?" is a favorite question of Dr. Abhay Bang. This question will come in mind when one will start doing research in Ayurveda. Lack of standardization is one more thing which needs to be addressed.
Language:
"Statistics is the grammar of science" - Karl Pearson
Documentation:
Documentation is extremely needed in Ayurveda. In clinical research it is said that "If you do it and if you do not document it, it is not done!" Such is higher level of evidence that is needed in a clinical trial to establish a point. In Ayurveda, there are many texts which have documented many observations and many Ayurvedic practitioners use it in their practice. But the problem is of validation. The texts which are written are being followed and some of the treatments get good results. It will be highly beneficial if we can validate this data.
Measurement:
"How to measure?" is a favorite question of Dr. Abhay Bang. This question will come in mind when one will start doing research in Ayurveda. Lack of standardization is one more thing which needs to be addressed.
Language:
"Statistics is the grammar of science" - Karl Pearson
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Vapula
Vapula is a nice programme by Shabdagandhar in which some parts of books of va pu kale and pu la deshpande are read. It is a nice programme and makes you serious as well as laugh.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Kataraj Sinhagad trek on 15 July 2012
We were on a trek of Katraj - Sinhagad on day before yesterday. My body is still aching but I feel great when I remember that I did this trek.
I am now realizing that the trek is not limited to trek... It is something more. You use lot of energy and at the same time you gain lot of energy in it. You push your limits in this process and then you can repeat it in your respective fields of work. This is a process where you learn to push your boundaries.
Trupti and Pradnya decided about this trek and this trek was possible because of them. They planned for this. Swapnil also took it seriously. There were 10 people in the trek - Pradnya, Trupti, Swapnil, Prasad, myself, Santosh sir (sir of Trupti), Indrajit (Swapnil and Prasad's cousin), Techchand, Ashutosh (Trupti's gym instructor) and Rahul.
We gathered at Swargate ST stand. (I think this is because of Trupti's patent sentence: Vat pahin pan ST nech jain :P). We had breakfast there and then moved to Katraj by bus. At Katraj we took a jeep which dropped us at old Katraj Tunnel. I had done this trek one month back so I was knowing the route. We started our trek at around 8.30am.
Here are some of the snapshots in my memory.
Bhajji
Some people (names not be disclosed) had to eat bhajji at sinhagad so we went on sinhagad as well. We were in a different mentality when we were going for bhajji. Everybody was tired and was thinking as when sinhagad will come. Traffic was jam near sinhagad so we were going slowly. Finally we reached there and we were talking as if we were drunk!. We were really exhausted. We were not able to understand as what we are talking and every sentence had to be repeated 2-3 times to make us understand it. But it was enjoyable experience. We finally had bhajji, had a photo session along with Sinhagad tower and we started returning back.
We are 10 in Number.
We waited for some time at Sinhagad for six sitters or jeep to come, but we soon realized that there is lot of crowd and it will be difficult for us to go. So we started walking by road. We had decided to stop jeeps and board into it. Whenever we use to see a jeep going up - we use to stop it by coming in front of it and use to shout as - we are 10 in number. :P It was interesting game for us. Still 2-3 jeepwala refused to stop. Dont know why. And finally one jeep came. The drive did not believe us in the beginning as though we were saying that we are 10, only 3 of us were ahead. So he went ahead. And when people who were back also told him the same thing, then he realized that we are really 10. And finally he stopped. We all were so happy that we boarded the jeep as soon as it stopped. And then every one was smiling.
Pyare lal
This was new term coined by us and mainly by Swapnil. Swapnil found out a trick by which climbing efforts are reduced on hill. He use to come by side of the hill when others use to come by climbing it. Naturally he had to use less efforts to go to next hill compared to people who use to climb and then get down. When asked about why he is coming by the side of the hill, he did not reveal this secret, instead he told us that you keep on climbing, I am coming by a parallel road. We did not understand the meaning in the beginning but then slowly we understood the trick. So now everyone was trying to go by parallel road. While doing so, we missed the road two times. Finally the word parallel was twisted and it became Pyare Lal. When we lost the road, we started reminding us that this situation is because of - Pyare lal
We lost the routes 2 times
In pursuit of Pyare lal, we lost our track once. Everyone started going to a wrong road. We ended up going on a difficult road where there were valley and jungle. We were thinking as something is wrong but we were not able to spot it. Finally some sheperds told us that we has lost the path and guided us to the proper road. The structure of the hills is such that anyone can loose the track of it.
Even after this incident some of us were not demotivated for parallel road. So when we got a chance, we started using it. I, Santosh sir and Rahul were very much fond of parallel road. So we went by it. And we succeeded at it once. So we decided to follow it again and we got trapped. We started going from a very long road. Then again we climbed a bit and got to know that we were about to loose our track. We called the other team which was climbing the hill. Located our-self in their context and decided to meet at a point. Finally we were able to see them and then we felt better.
The steep mountain after the valley
After the valley there is a steep hill. There is a nice view at the top of the hill and there are 2 stones put beautifully there, but climbing that hill really exhausts. We climbed the hill and just sat at the top. I sat with Techchand in shadow of a bush and we were not in a mood to stand or walk again. Swapnil came there to have water from us and he was also about to sit there. Pradnya cheered us to walk to finish the trek sooner. At that time we started getting up but Swapnil was not in a mood to walk. Pradnya was explaining us like a child as why it is important to start walking earlier.
Final bus
Finally we were waiting for the bus at Atkarwadi. And a bus came. Within no time it got filled. It was a treat to eyes to see how it got filled within no time. But that means we wont be able to go though this bus. We were looking around to see other friends and to make sure that no one has climbed the bus. Suddenly Rahul started shouting that there is no bus till 2 hours after this bus. (Actually there was a bus nearly after one hour or so) And because of this shouting many people who were thinking otherwise started boarding the bus and bus was full upto its highest limit. I wondered about it and saw towards him and asked him that then why we are not boarding if it is true. He said in low voice to me that he is using this trick so that many people will go by this bus and next bus will be vacant. Then I also started saying the same thing that no bus till two hours and as Trupti was unaware of this, she came to us and asked the same question to us as then why we are not going in this bus! I told her the reason and we all started laughing.
I am now realizing that the trek is not limited to trek... It is something more. You use lot of energy and at the same time you gain lot of energy in it. You push your limits in this process and then you can repeat it in your respective fields of work. This is a process where you learn to push your boundaries.
Trupti and Pradnya decided about this trek and this trek was possible because of them. They planned for this. Swapnil also took it seriously. There were 10 people in the trek - Pradnya, Trupti, Swapnil, Prasad, myself, Santosh sir (sir of Trupti), Indrajit (Swapnil and Prasad's cousin), Techchand, Ashutosh (Trupti's gym instructor) and Rahul.
We gathered at Swargate ST stand. (I think this is because of Trupti's patent sentence: Vat pahin pan ST nech jain :P). We had breakfast there and then moved to Katraj by bus. At Katraj we took a jeep which dropped us at old Katraj Tunnel. I had done this trek one month back so I was knowing the route. We started our trek at around 8.30am.
Here are some of the snapshots in my memory.
Bhajji
Some people (names not be disclosed) had to eat bhajji at sinhagad so we went on sinhagad as well. We were in a different mentality when we were going for bhajji. Everybody was tired and was thinking as when sinhagad will come. Traffic was jam near sinhagad so we were going slowly. Finally we reached there and we were talking as if we were drunk!. We were really exhausted. We were not able to understand as what we are talking and every sentence had to be repeated 2-3 times to make us understand it. But it was enjoyable experience. We finally had bhajji, had a photo session along with Sinhagad tower and we started returning back.
We are 10 in Number.
We waited for some time at Sinhagad for six sitters or jeep to come, but we soon realized that there is lot of crowd and it will be difficult for us to go. So we started walking by road. We had decided to stop jeeps and board into it. Whenever we use to see a jeep going up - we use to stop it by coming in front of it and use to shout as - we are 10 in number. :P It was interesting game for us. Still 2-3 jeepwala refused to stop. Dont know why. And finally one jeep came. The drive did not believe us in the beginning as though we were saying that we are 10, only 3 of us were ahead. So he went ahead. And when people who were back also told him the same thing, then he realized that we are really 10. And finally he stopped. We all were so happy that we boarded the jeep as soon as it stopped. And then every one was smiling.
Pyare lal
This was new term coined by us and mainly by Swapnil. Swapnil found out a trick by which climbing efforts are reduced on hill. He use to come by side of the hill when others use to come by climbing it. Naturally he had to use less efforts to go to next hill compared to people who use to climb and then get down. When asked about why he is coming by the side of the hill, he did not reveal this secret, instead he told us that you keep on climbing, I am coming by a parallel road. We did not understand the meaning in the beginning but then slowly we understood the trick. So now everyone was trying to go by parallel road. While doing so, we missed the road two times. Finally the word parallel was twisted and it became Pyare Lal. When we lost the road, we started reminding us that this situation is because of - Pyare lal
We lost the routes 2 times
In pursuit of Pyare lal, we lost our track once. Everyone started going to a wrong road. We ended up going on a difficult road where there were valley and jungle. We were thinking as something is wrong but we were not able to spot it. Finally some sheperds told us that we has lost the path and guided us to the proper road. The structure of the hills is such that anyone can loose the track of it.
Even after this incident some of us were not demotivated for parallel road. So when we got a chance, we started using it. I, Santosh sir and Rahul were very much fond of parallel road. So we went by it. And we succeeded at it once. So we decided to follow it again and we got trapped. We started going from a very long road. Then again we climbed a bit and got to know that we were about to loose our track. We called the other team which was climbing the hill. Located our-self in their context and decided to meet at a point. Finally we were able to see them and then we felt better.
The steep mountain after the valley
After the valley there is a steep hill. There is a nice view at the top of the hill and there are 2 stones put beautifully there, but climbing that hill really exhausts. We climbed the hill and just sat at the top. I sat with Techchand in shadow of a bush and we were not in a mood to stand or walk again. Swapnil came there to have water from us and he was also about to sit there. Pradnya cheered us to walk to finish the trek sooner. At that time we started getting up but Swapnil was not in a mood to walk. Pradnya was explaining us like a child as why it is important to start walking earlier.
Final bus
Finally we were waiting for the bus at Atkarwadi. And a bus came. Within no time it got filled. It was a treat to eyes to see how it got filled within no time. But that means we wont be able to go though this bus. We were looking around to see other friends and to make sure that no one has climbed the bus. Suddenly Rahul started shouting that there is no bus till 2 hours after this bus. (Actually there was a bus nearly after one hour or so) And because of this shouting many people who were thinking otherwise started boarding the bus and bus was full upto its highest limit. I wondered about it and saw towards him and asked him that then why we are not boarding if it is true. He said in low voice to me that he is using this trick so that many people will go by this bus and next bus will be vacant. Then I also started saying the same thing that no bus till two hours and as Trupti was unaware of this, she came to us and asked the same question to us as then why we are not going in this bus! I told her the reason and we all started laughing.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Prof. Narendra Naidu
This is a post to give information about Naidu sir. I was surfing on net and I found that there is no information about Naidu sir on net. I do feel that many people should know about him so am writing the information about him. Now I am writing only preliminary information. As time will permit, I will add more information.
Professor Narendra Naidu is a teacher of zoology from Modern College, Shivajinagar, Pune.
There are so many things about him to write that I am not able to decide what to write and from where to start.
Swami Vivekananda is his weak point (to describe in his own words). His other weak points include Baba Amte and Chinmay Mission.
Professor Narendra Naidu is a teacher of zoology from Modern College, Shivajinagar, Pune.
There are so many things about him to write that I am not able to decide what to write and from where to start.
Swami Vivekananda is his weak point (to describe in his own words). His other weak points include Baba Amte and Chinmay Mission.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Can BAMS doctors practice modern medicine?
Many people ask this questions many a times.
Are BAMS doctors allowed to practice modern medicine?
How?
By which law?
So I am attaching the information here.
I hope this will be of help to many.
- Dr. Abhijeet
- Dr. Abhijeet
Are BAMS doctors allowed to practice modern medicine?
How?
By which law?
So I am attaching the information here.
I hope this will be of help to many.
- Dr. Abhijeet
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