 How many of you know that this course is this is intended for you? So it's intended actually for You in a different context the context is different right usually One of the things you've had to deal with is we're not really here to teach you you're already teaching Right, you don't need to be trained to teach Yes Okay, however, how many of you know that to be More masterful in your teaching It requires practice. So in some sense what we're going to be doing is Sharing the some of the experiments we've been doing Okay, get a chance to hear from you. What is it that you've been doing and in the process this entire domain of environmental science and Engineering environmental studies, we will actually be able to get take you to the next level This is the first time that we're attempting it at this scale We've been conducting this course as an undergraduate course for almost now Ten years a little over ten years. Okay, typically the class size is anywhere from 250 to 300 students and We usually don't have an issue of attendance Okay, and so I heard from a lot of Some feedback that we got that a lot of times the issue is that of attendance So I'm going to request for some feedback from you so that we can actually Intervene in some of those human issues everybody understand human issues Human behavior issues human beings, please raise your hand Some of them are seal notice, okay, just notice that you know you actually look around to see Yeah, yeah, I mean if not then you know watch out somebody's not from this planet here All right, so you know, I mean how many of you were students once You are masterful at being students, you know, I mean the things that students are doing now got invented by us, right? Yeah, so to be able to actually deal with yourself Would be a good idea as we're going through this course Fair enough human beings Okay, just keep checking I'll keep asking this question time and again and you just have to look to see you okay about you But just look to see who's around you All right, somebody you know Professor Patek said that eight people are offering this. This is the first time that we've been offering it like this That's the only way we know how to offer it Okay, it used to be called an ES 403 course Which was commonly taught between humanities and social sciences and our center for environmental science and engineering All right, so eight of us have been you know, so the number is very you know six to eight is the number When this was first offered We didn't even have an outline So we said, okay, this is intended to be in service of Leadership of tomorrow so who's sitting in my beta class are leaders of tomorrow Okay, and that for me has been always the spirit of this course That in seven hours of a module which I teach on air pollution. I'm very clean. I say this pretty upfront to them I'm not gonna turn you into experts on air quality. Okay air pollution seven hours. Yeah, you know if I can barely give you the vocabulary With which you can appreciate and understand and it's definitely going beyond being a good citizen So I'm really not going to be driving this course and you know The all of us here we clear that we're not going to be driving this course Who's going to be driving this course is you all we're here to do is to in some way You know be able to share what we've been doing and how we as a group might be able to now deal with it at a national level Okay, if you haven't yet done it you just want to look around that if there is Someone who will deliver on this course at a national level. It is you and the people in this room That's number one. So eight teachers. I kind of digress, but that's okay eight teachers The reason why we have eight is because each one of us are very passionate about what we do Okay, and so we don't have you know, there's enough You know material already available out there information already available out there And you don't need that that's already available so, you know, the only thing you're going to share is our excitement and Invite you to join the game Okay, that's why eight otherwise we could actually have one person teach the whole thing Okay, now notice that you know some of you are saying these eight now have to be as Professor Fartek said You'll have to be all eight of us Or parts of their off All right So no yarn no information this partnership and what we'll be doing is if I were to give the title to this particular Workshop, I'd call it our experiments with teaching environmental studies That's what I would call it. Okay. All right, what would be the motivation for? Teaching or attending a workshop like this, etc. Why would teachers want to come and Sit in for a 10-day program to do this What could be the reasons for it? You think they're not already Equipped to deal with it That's a question. I'll leave you with but here's my promise the promise is that every hour And I'm making this promise on behalf of all of you Okay, but every hour that they spend in the workshop will save them 20 hours That'd be worthwhile then right it'd be worthwhile. It'll be actually saying okay If I attend this lecture if you know one hour of this lecture it actually saves me 20 hours of work Which is a lot of value then Yes Pen up. Okay, good. So that's a promise and I'm making that promise on behalf of all you didn't know this But I made that promise on behalf of all of you. We're getting this risky business here. Okay. This Right what else One thought has been and we still experimenting with looking to see if it is possible to do this We try to see if we can interface this course with some of the activities in Each state through the state pollution control boards Okay, how many of you at some point in time have interacted with state pollution control boards? I've had some activities around yeah, okay Good. So we want to expand that network recently Maharashtra pollution control board has set up an academic consortium. So VJ VJIT VNIT Nakhpur IT Bombay and Walton College of Engineering Sangli. There is an academic consortium that's been set up in which What MPCB is doing is looking at what are the research issues that they're dealing with and looking to see if those Can be offered through MTech or PhD in the academic institutes and the intention is to go from 4 to 16 in this year And I think I'll just looked at 161 Centres that are here of which 31 are from Maharashtra So I'm not you know, Maharashtra is the place where we've started But I'd really like to have some occasion with you during the next five days To be able to look at the possibility of who'd like to take on the lead in your particular state And then we will connect you up with the right people Would that be of interest? Yes, how many think it might be of interest it might be All right, very good. Thank you one of the first things that professor Fatak had said to us as a team is this and I just want to honor that because While we doing our experiments with teaching and other things There is a certain commitment that we have with regard to students having to write exams Is that what typically happens? So tell me how is what is you is EBS is offered in first year How many people first year of their program mostly second year? Yeah, third year fourth year Okay, and where does the Exam paper come from it's come from the board from the University So I have a important question therefore to ask when I look at the UGC syllabus And it says air pollution. It just has two words over there air pollution So what do you teach is a question I have Right and what are the kind of questions that are asked and if at the end of this module if there are things that are Remaining unanswered for you then I'll want you to communicate that so that by the time we get to June to the actual Delivery of this course through the remote centers that we actually are equipped so in some sense. This is Not really you understand, right? This is really not we call. I don't know. What do we call it Mukta? What do we call this? Is it called a training? Is it called a orientation? What is it called? training Okay, so you definitely getting trained to be a coordinator However, coordinator for what coordinator for that which needs to get delivered in June Okay, and you and I would have to be on the same page About a lot of things that actually have to be delivered there in real time So give me give you an example if I were to give a quiz At the end of you know say 15 minutes Then you need to know that the quiz is coming and you need to know exactly which quiz is coming and We'll give 10 minutes for that quiz. You need to know exactly how to deal with it So we would have gone through that back and forth a couple of times You know if you have any questions if we I have any questions We back go back and forth get it sorted out so that no questions asked you become the person over there to be able to answer Any doubts that those people might have right? So that part that relationship is what we're here to set up Fair enough. Okay. Good. Everybody ready? Okay, so Welcome It's important, right? I mean one time I asked people in a class to dress up For a presentation, it's a part of the communication skills course we do and they came dressed up as though they were going for a wedding or something Totally inappropriate, right? So I really need to be clear as to what I'm welcoming you to I've said some of these things Professor Fatak has said some these some some these things too So there may be a little bit of reputation, but at the same time just want to reinforce some of the things So welcome to a place of honor Okay, a place of honor where you and I are partners in the fulfillment of something a Place of appreciation I'm going to use time and again opportunities to ask you. What are the accomplishments that you have had? What are the things that you are proud of a place of partnership a Place of service a prayer for mother earth and life. How about that? I mean actually I'm Committing ourselves to that prayer which is starts here Goes on till June and then we also looking to see what structures we need to put in place such that it doesn't end with the Work that happens in June that we actually have a long-term relationship that continues to grow Welcome to that So while the millions may never know that the work you put in While the millions may never know the work you put in you should know That that which you provide serves all of humanity Okay, let's be black and white about this. I don't want any iffy-ness around this This is the ground we stand on and you should also know that millions of people will never know It was you who actually provided something and Very specially on behalf of the people of India. Thank you Anything less you shouldn't be here Fair enough Yes Okay, excellent. So thank you for who you are and for the commitment that you have taken up and Here comes an opportunity which actually Has you take on the entire country and that's what I'm welcoming you to Okay, right fabulous So your presence fills us with pride For what is about to so for on behalf of the entire organizing team. I Want to express the sentiment that you fill us with pride and I thank you for that Okay, so now we've done this before turn to your partner Right introduce yourself to each other. I think this part is done But I think this partner share at least two things about yourself that you're proud of You haven't done that yet I knew you wouldn't have done that you would have said, huh? How many years like that, right? Okay, I don't think you've actually shared one of the things that you yourself are very proud of so Please share at least with two other things about yourself that you're proud of and So you take one minute each and person with not longer hair longer hair Longer hair So now if two of you are sitting over there, don't start measuring All right, so I'll give you a minute each Please turn to the person next to you and share you've already done this part What I'd like for you to do is share at least two things about yourself that you're proud of starting now go Alright, so please say thank you to your partners So we will begin when you come back after tea we will begin with some pre-course feedback So I'll give you a sheet of paper which you'll spend about 10 minutes giving so please be here at 11 30 sharp, okay? Thank you very much