Famous Teachers In India Who Contributed A Lot To Education

One of the first zones where children's behavior and prospects for academic success are influenced is in the classroom. Children learn the foundation of their educational lives during the early years of school, which is why they are so important.

 

In the classroom, a teacher is regarded as to a high standard. One factor is that she or he is relied upon by all students. There will be an effect on the kids from anything the teacher says. Children are susceptible to whatever the instructor is feeling, whether it is happiness or rage because teachers' attitudes are magnetic.

Teachers in India possess a very firm foundation. They have been making enormous contributions to the realm of education. A few details on a handful of India's well-known professors are provided in the slides below.

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

The man whose birthday is celebrated as Teachers' Day in India. Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, is the first Vice President and the second President of the country. Firstly, he was a teacher.
Coming from an extremely humble background, Dr. Radhakrishnan began his teaching career at the Madras Presidency College.
Eventually, he became a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Mysore, represented the University of Calcutta at international congresses in the UK and the US and even lectured at Oxford on Comparative Religion.

Guru Rabindranath Tagore
 

Guru Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore's legacy in the form of Santiniketan is perhaps the most lasting.
At a time when rote learning and classroom teaching was hailed, Tagore took teaching out of the confines of the four walls and formed a school, which he hoped would be 'the connecting thread' between India and the world. Fortunately, a world centre for the study of humanity somewhere beyond the limits of the nation and geography came up. Teaching at this school was often done under trees.

Savitribai Phule

Savitribai Phule

Teaching, especially in India, is arguably a woman-dominated profession. She is the first female teacher of the first women's school in India and it wasn't an easy job.
So when Savitribai Phule who along with her husband started a school for girls in 1948, it was a cause for outrage in the bramhin-dominated city of Pune. And by the end of the year, the Phules had opened five more schools for girls. Savitribai Phule was later honoured by the British government for her contributions to education.

Nissim Ezekiel

Nissim Ezekiel

Poet Nissim Ezekiel, who helped the Indian English writing break away from its colonial shackles, was also a teacher. Ezekiel's poems that helped Indian English find its voice has also inspired an entire generation of poets.
Nissim Ezekiel mentored several of these young poets and also taught hundreds of wide-eyed students of English literature in Mumbai from 1947 to as late as the 1990s.

Dr Manmohan Singh

Dr Manmohan Singh

Long before he became the 'leader that other leaders love', Dr Manmohan Singh was a teacher. He has held various teaching positions in the Panjab University, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi and the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Pt Sawai Gandharva

Pt Sawai Gandharva

Rambhau Kundgolkar, better known by his stage name of Sawai Gandharva, was the teacher of some of the greatest singers of the Hindustani classical music including Pt Bhimsen Joshi and Gangubai Hangal among others.

Ustad Alla Rakha Khan

Ustad Alla Rakha Khan

The greatest exponent of the tabla, Ustad Alla Rakha Khan, was also a beloved teacher to many, many students. Known as Abbaji to his disciples, Khan like most of his contemporaries ran away from home to learn the musical instrument of his choice.
Eventually he would become the first artist to play a tabla solo at the All India Radio, making everyone sit up and acknowledge the importance of the instrument that is usually an accompaniment to string instruments or vocals.

RK Narayan

RK Narayan

The man who gave us some of the most endearing stories of Swami and Malgudi was once a teacher, who thought for a very short time. RK Narayan, who failed a year and took four years to complete his BA was never really taken in by the idea of having a full-time job. So using some contact, he got the author a teaching position at a school Chennapatna near Mysore.

CK Prahalad

CK Prahalad

Best known for his concepts of Core Competency and Bottom of Pyramid, Prahalad held the prestigious post of Distinguished University Professor at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business in the University of Michigan. During his lifetime Prahalad was recognised as one of the most influential thinkers of those times.

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