communication in textbooks

[Suraishkumar G K]

Dear Dr. Cherian George, and Prasad,

Please see the attached files on a case for improved communication in textbooks - have put this in writing, as needed in the minutes of the CPR meeting on 24th Nov. 2012. Please let me know if anything further is needed.

I am also forwarding the same to our parents (XI A) group, for kind information.

Sincerely,

G. K. Suraishkumar



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From: Edamana Prasad
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 6:35 PM
To: Suraishkumar G K
Cc: kviitche...@gmail.com
Subject: FW: Minutes of meeting-24-11-12

GK:
In fact, the school has sent an email to me with the minutes of the last CPR. I was under the impression that the email was received by everyone. Please find attached a copy of the minutes of the meeting. I shall send it to everyone.

I take this opportunity to request you to kindly indicate the school principal regarding the errors in class XI /XII science text books so that we can submit it to NCERT.

I have met Sriram (Dean Admn) regarding the traffic . He has agreed to support us and asked to come up with a model. I am working out for a model with my friends in civil dept.
thanks
prasad



Edamana prasad
Department of chemistry
IIT Madras
Chennai 600 036

phone: 044-2257-4232
fax: 044-2257-4202
cell:988-418-7052
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From: kviitchennai2012 [kviitche...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 2:14 PM
To: Edamana Prasad
Subject: Re: Minutes of meeting-24-11-12



On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Edamana Prasad <p...@iitm.ac.in<mailto:p...@iitm.ac.in>> wrote:
Dear Dr. Cherian:
I also could not open the attachment. Kindly do the needful to resend it.
thanks
prasad


Edamana prasad
Department of chemistry
IIT Madras
Chennai 600 036

phone: 044-2257-4232
fax: 044-2257-4202
cell:988-418-7052
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From: Suraishkumar G K
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 6:02 PM
To: kviitchennai2012; Edamana Prasad
Subject: RE: Minutes of meeting-24-11-12

Dear Dr. Cherian George,

The attachment could not be accessed, since it was blocked by the IITM email system, possibly due to a virus. The extension of the file is also suspect (minutes 2nd cpr.shs.).

Would it be possible to please check the file, and forward it again?

Thank you.

Sincerely,



G. K. S u r a i s h k u m a r
Head, Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility
Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, BJMSB building, I.I.T. Madras, Chennai 600036 INDIA
Phone: +91 44 2257-4936/ 4105 (o); -4935/ 4100 (dept off.); -4102 (fax)| gk at iitm.ac.in<http://iitm.ac.in>
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From: kviitchennai2012 [kviitche...@gmail.com<mailto:kviitche...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 4:23 PM
Subject: Minutes of meeting-24-11-12

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Sir/Madam,

Kindly see the attachment file.

(Cherian C.George)
PRINCIPAL
KV IIT CHENNAI

[Suraishkumar G K]

The attachments did not make it the last time - they are attached here.
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[indran kode]

Good afternon GKS, Thank you very much for your valid comments and I really support welcome for your thought. I really appreciate it and once again thank you. Regards Rajendran Father of Aishwarya - X1-A --- On Sat, 12/22/12, Suraishkumar G K <g...@IITM.AC.IN> wrote:

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[Suraishkumar G K]

Thanks for the support, and all the thank you notes thus far, Indran Kode. It is helpful to feel acknowledged for the efforts.

best,
gk

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Subject: Re: {KVIITM_XI_A_2012_parents} RE: communication in textbooks

[Suraishkumar G K]

for kind information of the XII A students' parents - gk

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From: Suraishkumar G K

Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 10:38 AM
To: aqcont...@iitb.ac.in
Subject: FW: communication in textbooks

Dear Professor Contractor,

Greetings!

Trust that you are doing well. It has been a while since we chatted with each other - the previous time was during the PhD viva voce of a student in CESE for which you were the chairperson, and I, the external examiner.

My daughter, Sreshtaa, is currently in XII standard at KV-IITM, and I help her with some subjects. While going through the initial pages of the chemistry textbook, I felt pleased to find your name on the textbook committee for XII standard chemistry.

Can I request you to look at the attachments for a case for improvement in communication of the textbook material? The relevant emails through the school principal to NCERT are attached below, and I have not heard anything about the request/offer made to NCERT, from him, thus far. If there is something that can be done from your position on the textbook committee, it would be helpful to the future students.

I should add that the case is made on the basis of XI standard textbooks. I did not find your name on the committee for XI standard chemistry textbook, last year. The XII standard textbooks in chemistry and physics do communicate better, although there is significant scope for improvement in the biology textbook. However, some chapters in XII standard biology, and some chapters in XI std. physics/chemistry/biology textbooks do communicate well.

Thank you for your kind consideration.

best regards,
gk

G. K. S u r a i s h k u m a r

Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, BJMSB building, I.I.T. Madras, Chennai 600036 INDIA

Phone: +91 44 2257- 4105 (o); - 4100 (dept off.); - 4102 (fax)| gk at iitm.ac.in

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From: Suraishkumar G K

Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 3:32 PM
To: kviitche...@gmail.com; Edamana Prasad
Cc: kviitm_xi_a_...@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: communication in textbooks

[Suraishkumar G K]

Dear fellow parents,

Apparently, there is a confusion in the minds of some parents whether I wanted something from the parents by forwarding the email given below. To make it very clear, as the forward itself mentioned, it was only for the kind information of the parents of the XII A students. Earlier, I had forwarded the relevant email sent to the school Principal, and yesterday's email was in continuation of that. That is the way I work.

This effort is not going to help our children. It is to ease things for the future generations of students, and I see this as one of the ways to effect that in a holistic sense. I do believe strongly in it, and if I see a way of taking things forward, I will, as long as my interest sustains itself.

Further update: I did get a response from Professor Contractor - he is no longer on the textbook committee. Based on his input, yesterday, I sent a similar email to the chairperson of the NCERT textbook committee, Professor Jayant Narlikar. Within a couple of hours, I got a response from him saying that he will consider it as soon as he returns from his trip abroad. Let us see whether anything happens.

best,
gk

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Subject: {KVIITM_XI_A_2012_parents} FW: communication in textbooks

[Ligy Philip]

Dear All,

Next CPR meeting is scheduled at 8.30 on 17 August, 2013. Please let us know whether any issues are there to be discussed in this meeting.

Thanking you and with warm regards,

Sripriya and Ligy

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