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The classroom
Osmania's lecture halls, the national academies, and now a classroom of a million. The room keeps growing; the habit stays the same.
The rooms
The Week credits him with teaching hundreds of the journalists now working in Hyderabad. The Week
Lectures to police officer trainees and senior officers, Hyderabad.
The WeekLectures to civil service officers, Mussoorie.
The WeekA lecture, June 2007.
India Current AffairsBITS Hyderabad, NALSAR, SRM University, the Institute of Public Enterprises, ICFAI and the Dr MCR HRD Institute.his account
ProfessorN.inMembers of the Bhutanese Parliament, and officials from more than 30 countries.his account
ProfessorN.inThe syllabus
Each lesson comes from something he has said or done in public. The assignments are ours, written in his spirit; tick them off as you go. Your progress stays on this device.
Week 1 of 7
Moved from a Telugu-medium school to an English-medium one, he failed his first unit tests. He taught himself English and came first by the half-yearly exams.
EenaduLearn ten new words today, and use three of them before dinner.
Week 2 of 7
As a boy he was asked to read the Ramayana and the Mahabharata and retell them to his village. He names that as the root of his habit: learn, then pass it on.
EenaduExplain one news story from today to someone who missed it.
Week 3 of 7
He has said students should be encouraged to find answers themselves rather than be handed them.
EenaduTake one claim you read today and trace it to its original source.
Week 4 of 7
What draws him to journalism, he says, is that it is a profession of constant learning.
EenaduRead one long piece on a subject you know nothing about.
Week 5 of 7
How to Win at Life (2017) turns from public policy to personal choices: decisions, stress, leadership and critical thinking.
Google BooksWrite down one decision you are putting off, and the next step that would settle it.
Week 6 of 7
He cleared the civil services preliminary exam and chose not to sit the mains. A decade later, by his account, he was teaching IAS officers; he still lectures at the national academies.
EenaduRead one government budget line that affects your street.
Week 7 of 7
The lecture hall became a channel with more than a million subscribers, where the same habit of learning and sharing runs every day.
YouTubeShare one thing you learned this week with someone who would value it.
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The alumni
At their reunion, Osmania's journalism alumni resolved to felicitate him ahead of his retirement. Siasat
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