07-03-2008, 03:24 AM
Ramana I am not sure about such programs in India but here is one in Africa that may fit what u have in mind:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Insti...atical_Sciences
I don't know of any such programs in India.
IT is ok but to really identify the top performers in India u need to channel the qualified ones into research not a regular job, there are many people in MENSA but only a fraction will make any original contributions to Human knowledge.
I think for that to happen we need programs like the above where talented kids are identified and concentrate mainly on their area of expertise, then later go on into research. If we go by performance of Indians abroad in academics then I am certain that there are many kids who have talents that are going to waste solely because of lack of research facilities (such as MIT) and discouragement from family since it may not pay well.
When I say research, what I mean is things like this:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->When an arm or leg is amputated patients continue to vividly feel the presence of the missing limb a "phantom limb". In the early 1990âs Ramachandran began using this phenomenon as a probe for exploring neural plasticity in the adult human brain.
Ramachandran conjectured (and showed using MEG) that when the arm is amputated the vacated cortical territory corresponding to the missing arm is âinvadedâ by neurons which respond to stimulation of the face which normally would only go to the face region of the cortical homonculus. Signals from the face would then activate the original hand area of cortex and higher brain centers interpret this activation as arising from the phantom hand.[3] The results show that brain maps are highly malleable; not fixed at birth as was previously believed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayanur_S._Ramachandran<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Indians in US perform rather well in academics but u rarely see any original contributions because the parents tell them to either become a doctor or engineer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Insti...atical_Sciences
I don't know of any such programs in India.
IT is ok but to really identify the top performers in India u need to channel the qualified ones into research not a regular job, there are many people in MENSA but only a fraction will make any original contributions to Human knowledge.
I think for that to happen we need programs like the above where talented kids are identified and concentrate mainly on their area of expertise, then later go on into research. If we go by performance of Indians abroad in academics then I am certain that there are many kids who have talents that are going to waste solely because of lack of research facilities (such as MIT) and discouragement from family since it may not pay well.
When I say research, what I mean is things like this:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->When an arm or leg is amputated patients continue to vividly feel the presence of the missing limb a "phantom limb". In the early 1990âs Ramachandran began using this phenomenon as a probe for exploring neural plasticity in the adult human brain.
Ramachandran conjectured (and showed using MEG) that when the arm is amputated the vacated cortical territory corresponding to the missing arm is âinvadedâ by neurons which respond to stimulation of the face which normally would only go to the face region of the cortical homonculus. Signals from the face would then activate the original hand area of cortex and higher brain centers interpret this activation as arising from the phantom hand.[3] The results show that brain maps are highly malleable; not fixed at birth as was previously believed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayanur_S._Ramachandran<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Indians in US perform rather well in academics but u rarely see any original contributions because the parents tell them to either become a doctor or engineer.