Speaker: Sankrant Sanu
Topic: "The English Medium Myth: Dismantling Barriers to India's Growth"
Date/Venue: June 3rd, 2018 (Sun) 1:30 PM - 3 PM @ at Sanatan Dharma Mandir, 15311, Pioneer Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650
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There is an assumption in India today that
the spread of English-medium education is necessary for India's growth.
Technologist and entrepreneur Sankrant Sanu questions this with a
detailed study based on his visits to over 35 countries to study
language policy. He finds that, even though English is being
increasingly used as a link languages, the most prosperous countries are
using their own languages as the medium for higher education, science,
medicine, engineering and law. Of the top 20 richest countries all of
them uses the common languages of the people, of which only 4 use
English-medium. Of the 20 poorest countries however, more use
English-medium, and exclude the vast majority of their people from
development.
The advantages of science and development will happen the fastest when
brought to it in the languages of the common people. Based on this,
Sankrant has created a comprehensive policy proposal for Indian
languages that is based on the EU model. This proposal allows every
child in India to be educated to the highest level in their own language
and restores the primacy of the economic linkages of Indian languages
which is necessary for India to develop both economically and
culturally. To this effect, Sankrant has also started Garuda, a
publications company, to bring Scientific books in Indian languages.
About Sankrant Sanu
Sankrant Sanu is an author, technologist
and entrepreneur. He was a senior development manager at Microsoft where
he co-founded Microsoft Sharepoint. He has been a serial entrepreneur
since then, involved in startups in Seattle, Bay Area, Ottawa and
Gurgaon. Some of his essays were published by Rupa in the book “Invading
the Sacred.” He has written for Rediff, Swarajya, Entrepreneur
Magazine, the Hindustan Times, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala and Manushi
among others.
Sankrant is a Computer Science graduate of IIT Kanpur. Sankrant did
graduate studies in Computer Science at The University of Texas at
Austin. He teaches the Art of Living course. He holds six technology
patents and blogs at sankrant.org
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