Indian Society and Education in 2010

The mankind is now at the threshold of the 21 century. Perceptive persons throughout the world are now animatedly engaged in speculating about the future of the world, the futures of their societies, the futures of their institutions and organizations. Futurologists led by Alvin Toffler have been contributing so many ideas during the last three decades as to how future can be understood, what different kinds of future possibilities and hurdles are likely to be faced by human beings in the coming future, and how education should be futuristic and geared to enable us to meet the challenges and problems of the future. A lot of interest has been generated in India also in the same direction in the recent years. The present book ‘Indian Society and Education in 2010’ (Futuristic Perceptions of Indian College Youth) is a serious attempt in this very direction. It is comprehensive and rich collection of futuristic essays by 30 college youth in Delhi, in which they have presented their learnings from futurologists, experts; journalists and educationists on the one hand, and their own understandings, ideas, views and future scenarios of the preferred future shape of Indian society in the year 2010 and the features of the educational system there-in, on the other. It is an invaluable and indispensable book for all those who are genuinely concerned about the future of Indian society and our educational system and are committed to reform and futurize our Indian educational system to enable our younger generations to safeguard themselves against future shock.