Dear all, We are pleased to announce that Millennium India Education Foundation jointly with Sanskrit Department Mumbai University, Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art Government of India is organising the first Sharada…
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MIEF project: New Sharada Workshops coming up
Millennium India Education Foundation and Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharalal Nehru University, New Delhi as a part of the ongoing partnership for Sharada revival have announced a third 2-day workshop on learning Sharada script. The 2 day workshop Sharada…
Why is the icebucket challenge inspiring?
Many people having been sharing videos of the ALS icebucket challenge on different media channels like Facebook & Twitter (#icebucket). The social message has been able to get about $50 million in donations in less than a month so far,…
Monday inspiration: the good feeling!
Most of us shun Mondays. But do you know those ones where we drive ourselves with the power of belief? We believe that good feelings will lead to good thoughts, and in turn to good actions. There’s so much to…
3 bizarre medical disorders
Previously, we have written about mental illnesses, especially in adolescents. We believe as a society in India, we tend to not talk about various forms of mental illness, which perhaps needs most serious attention and medical care. Here are three…
MIEF project: Zoonosis conference learnings 2014
The recently concluded Zoonosis conference brought many medical practitioners together on a common platform to share various insights. Some of the key learnings shared about the state of Zoonotic diseases and the statistics surrounding them were as follows: A…
MIEF awareness bulletin: Smoking ban
We do not need to reiterate that smoking is indeed injurious to health. In the past MIEF has worked extensively with various communities building awareness in this domain especially through the World Tobacco day events we organized targeted at the…
Zoonosis conference 2014
Some of you already know that MIEF recently held another addition of the Zoonosis conference last week. We saw great support for the conference, as it was also covered on DD national sharing the views with a broader audience. (So…
Monday Inspiration: The brightest day for Indian Basketball !
Firstly, we apologize for the small break in our posts. But we got really busy in the last couple of weeks, and so we’re super glad to be back already! On Monday as usual, we start with inspiring news. Given…
Which language must we promote: Hindi or English?
Following the current government’s effort to push for Hindi, we collected a string of interesting pro/con responses on social media. What’s your view on it? As an English obsessed nation, how do we ensure regional languages are preserved? As an…