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Last week-end we had a seminar on Leveraging teaching skills. A senior professor from IIT (M) was with us to share his experiences and innovations in the field of teaching for higher studies. It was a wonderful experience of having such a productive session. Teaching, especially for higher studies is not like a walk in the park. Today's scenario in IT education is entirely different. People gets jobs even before 10 months of finishing their course. So the responsibility is on the shoulders of the teacher to establish the importance of core subjects. In total the session was very much interesting, productive and interactive.

Recent thoughts are about international journals. The publications are considered as the rewards for Academicians especially of higher studies. So it becomes order of the day to have good(!) publications. The publications can be national seminars, international seminars. But above all these is the publication in international journals. To get a publication in an International Journal(IJ) is not a joke. A publication is not simply a theory or hypothesis. But we need some solid implementations. Not only implementations but also their analysis in terms of efficiency and effectiveness (both are not same). It has become a day-today activity to download IJ articles, read and understand(!!) them. Experienced persons say you have to read a huge collection of IJ articles before you start your work. So, Long Long way to go......