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INTERVIEW OF PROF. AMITA SHARMA, PRESIDENT OF THE RAJASTHAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION (RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY)
BY DIDHITI GHOSH
With the proliferation of employment opportunities, specialization in academics and increasing dynamicity in the individuals' role in society as local citizens in global contexts, we often tend to divide life into several components, each with a special attribute, be it casual, functional, contributory, allied, dependent or independent in-the-making. Many of us refuse to realize whether each of these phases, apart from having a specific goal, also help us achieve any learning potential, enriching us throughout their temporal and spatial journey.
Bearing the same notion in its interrogative, Rajasthan University had set up the Department of Lifelong Learning in 1987 to expand the boundaries of knowledge and harbor the institutional resources to all the segments of society, small and large, colorful and colossal. It has been successful in standing by several marginalized and disadvantaged sections through varied interventions and capacity enhancement endeavors in various sensitization and awareness programmes related to universal literacy, gender justice, environment conservation, entrepreneurship development, and leadership skill sets, stress management, guidance programmes for the youth and related aspects. It has also been engaged in conducting English language lessons in rural areas, government schools and urban slums for the needy as well as in initiating e-learning courses for senior citizens.
(In the Photo: Dr. Jayant Singh at Left, Didhiti in the middle, Prof. Amita Sharma at the right)
Earlier in September, Didhiti Ghosh visited the "2nd National Conference on Statistics for Humanities and Social Sciences: Statistics for a Better Future" to present a paper on curriculum design based on learner-educator profiles in academics, organized by the Department of Lifelong Learning (Rajasthan University) and the Department of Statistics (Central University of Rajasthan) and had an opportunity to meet Prof. Amita Sharma, founder-president of Rajasthan Statistical Association and former Head of the Dept. of Statistics (Rajasthan University).
Having recently completed her internship in Modlingua Lifelong Learning Community College, Didhiti couldn't resist delving a little deeper into the activities of the Department of Lifelong Learning and spent some good time jingling through some inquiries and assertions. Excerpts from her interview with Prof. Amita Sharma are as follows.
How will this initiative of the Dept. of Lifelong Learning (DLL) help in shaping the learning opportunities of the students in the future?
Learning, in my opinion, is a continuum ever-expanding in its course of progression. In our everyday lives, we find many students who find themselves in a lot of stress - the same concerning education, employment and the basic confusion arising out of an uncertain future in the midst of an everchanging social construct. People are crazy to get government jobs in place of private employment opportunities and feel an urgent need to complete tasks in very little time. They delve into searching for material profit, devaluing the essence and the importance of forming strong emotional bonds leading to positive human relations.
As a psychologist, you would understand how the concept of lifelong learning and development is intensely intertwined with the notion of framing positive psychological capital and wellbeing in society, which is also an inherent component of the field of Positive Psychology.
I feel that our department is a forerunner of strengthening experiential learning, at the same time helping in conceptual growth among individuals.
What inspired you to be a part of the DLL? How did the notion of forming the same in Rajasthan University emerge?
As adults, I feel that we have the responsibility that we owe to the next generation, and the same also for our own enrichment. This is what is implied in the conception of a society well developed and interconnected, irradiating positive vibes among its citizens. All of this was a major inspiration for me to become an active part of this initiative.
Going down the memory lane further, the DLL took off in 1987 to embed itself with the concept of adult education, imbibing confidence, faith, and responsibility among fellow members helping them to reach goals. Our history started by educating the less educated, organizing classes of yoga and meditation and conducting activities comprising mutual sharing and teamwork where participants discussed their real-life problems, their desires and goals, and their notion on resolving these situations through deliberate milieu matching.
Soon later, the name of the department was changed to what it is now when we realized that education is not only for adults but also for children, and specifying any one of these will perhaps obscure the other. Now it has transformed itself gradually into an evergrowing initiative with participants ranging in age from 15 years to 75 years, who participate in activities of all sorts like seminars, workshops, and various other educational sessions.
How would you define the relationship of lifelong learning and the learning of languages?
I would like to mention a very crucial point here - to me, language learning is a basic unit of society, an incubator to the transmission of intercultural values and a redefiner of the future society, in a sense-to-sense social dimension.
A good command over language increases the communication potential of the individuals, and the same in a mobile society helps them to expand personally, professionally and this contributes to the process of a cohesive nation building. This also plays an important role in working out the nation's resource-capital base, thereby increasing its economic productivity and sociopolitical importance in the worldview.
The sad part is that nowadays with the random and rampant use of AI, our student-professionals-in-the-making are decreasing verbal communication and relying more on automation. We all have to understand that the twin concepts of automation and AI are extensions to human knowledge and not substitutes to it. The society needs cohesion, and to work this philosophy out there needs to be good harmony among the components of human EQ (Emotional Quotient) and machine IQ (Information Quotient).
Would you comment on the role of languages and lifelong learning in fostering entrepreneurship development?
I feel that entrepreneurship is an important skillset which will only be possible once specific skills are developed, and among these skills, the power of good communication is very important. So, both of these, I would say, are two faces of the same coin - language skills help individuals in good communication, and communication is an important part of entrepreneurship development. The latter, on the other hand, helps in nation building and societal mobility.
It is enlightening to know that this initiative of Rajasthan University can play such a magnificent role in shaping the individuals' future in the long run, if steered wisely. On a different note, would you like to say something about the language courses offered in RU?
Although a professor of Statistics, I feel that language itself is a subject with real feelings like that of human beings. I am glad that the RU management offers some prospective language courses in German, Spanish, French, and Russian. Unlike the other language courses offered, the Spanish language is taught by natives and was introduced in 2004, though more students opt for French. RU also offers diploma courses in Indian languages like Sanskrit, Persian and Urdu.
We wish to increase the number of language courses offered in RU and organize seminars on different languages highlighting the various perspectives that pertain to each of them, their culture and their unique thoughts and perceptions. All of this will also be a train to continue our own notion of fostering lifelong learning and development.
Jointly Written by Didhiti Ghosh and Kareena Kapoor, Edited by Nidhi Joshi
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The 6th International Symposium on Eco-Translatology
October 26-28, 2018, School of Foreign Languages, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China
VISION OF CONFERENCE:
Eco-Translatology, with Neo-Ecologism1 as its theoretical foundation, and with metaphorical sense and literal sense studies of eco-translation as its two research orientations, is a newly-emerging eco-paradigm of translation studies from ecological perspectives. The objectives and missions of Eco-Translatology are to explore and expound ecological ideas and ecological connotations in texts to be translated and in translation activities, so as to make eco-reason and eco-principles the ecologicalized world outlook and methodology as the general guidance of translation studies.
Eco-Translatology probes into textual ecologies, translator–community ecologies, and translational environment ecologies, thus respectively resulting in the three core concepts of Translation as Textual Transplants, Translation as Adaptation and Selection, and Translation as Eco-Balance. Studies of Eco-Translatology are conducted at three levels: at the macro level – an entire translational ecosystem; at the meso level – ontological translation theories; and at the micro level – textual transplant operation between the two source-text and target-text ecologies. Furthermore, Eco-Translatology can also be viewed as a paradigmatic shift of thinking mode to interpret the nature of translation in terms of“textual life”, namely, translation as keeping LIVING things in the source-text ecology continuously ALIVE in the target-text ecology. In the past 17 years or so, in the light of Neo-Ecologism, a complete theoretical discourse system of Eco-Translatology has been initially constructed focusing on interplays, characteristics, interrelationships, and mechanisms of textual ecologies, translator-community ecologies, and translational environment ecologies.
The previous symposiums have attracted several hundreds of scholars from different countries and regions to present their papers on translation from ecological perspectives. With a number of internationally-acclaimed leading scholars to be invited, this 6th Symposium, sponsored by the International Association for Eco-Translatology Research (IAETR) and Zhengzhou University, will offer another opportunity for more experienced professionals and younger scholars to discuss and share their new research findings regarding the emerging paradigm.
Note (1): The term Neo-Ecologism is a synergy of such three philosophical props as the “Eastern philosophy of eco-wisdom in ancient times” and “holism of Western ecological philosophy”, as well as “selective adaptation and adaptive selection of the Approach to Translation as Adaptation and Selection”.
CONFERENCE THEME:
Eco-Translatology: New Orientations and New Developments
TOPICS:
This symposium will include, but not be restricted to, the following topics:
- Links between Translation and Ecology
- Translation studies from ecological perspectives
- Eastern wisdoms and Western concepts in Translation Studies
- Eco-Translatology research in a new era of eco-civilization
- Development of the discourse system of Eco-Translatology
- Applications of Eco-Translatology in translation and interpreting
- Database construction and its utilities to facilitate eco-translation studies
- Language services & Translation Technology: an eco-translatological perspective
- Eco-Translatology in relation to other translation approaches /paradigms
- R & D of Eco-Translatology in relation to global trends in ecology
- Further studies on TRANSLATION AS ADAPTATION AND SELECTION
- Eco-Translatology-inspired MA theses /PhD dissertations
- Translation modes, paradigms, and schools of thoughts: an eco-translatological perspective
- Studies on eco-translation ethics in the light of Eco-Translatology
- Translation Concepts: from“Polarization”to“Ecologicalization”
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:
Each abstract should be no less than 400 words, including title, author, affiliation, research interests, country, telephone number and email address. Abstracts need to be submitted electronically as a WORD attachment to Mr. WANG Shou-ju at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.All abstracts are to be reviewed by the Paper Selection Committee. Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts by June 15, 2018, and at the same time, the official Letter of Invitation will be sent to the presenter whose abstract is accepted and who can submit his/her full text of paper.
The deadline for abstract submission is May 20, 2018
Language Studies: Mother of All Employability
Feb 22-23, 2018, Amity Campus, Lucknow
Amity School of Languages, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, is organizing an International Conference on” Language Studies: Mother of All Employability” on 22nd and 23rd of February 2018 at its Lucknow Campus, preceded by a conference workshop on "Communication Skills" on 21st of Feb,2018.
This conference seeks to find out strategies and dwell upon methodologies that revolutionize the teaching-learning process to assist skill development by reflecting on practices, to stimulate independent thinking, teamwork, cooperation and cater to the emerging job market.
The Conference would invite Scholarly papers and deliberations on the following areas:
*Language and Linguistics
*Literature
*Communication Skills
* Culture Studies
*Gender Studies
*Subaltern Studies
*Theatre Studies
*Media Studies
*Film Studies
*Queer Studies
* Comparative Eco-Criticism
*Diasporic writing
*Translation Studies
*Language Studies & Social sciences
*English for Special Purposes
*Foreign Business Languages
ASL’s International Conference has had the repute of roping in highly acclaimed National and International presence and your participation in our conference will add depth and gravity to it. I request you to circulate this information amongst your peers for making this conference a success.
