M.M. Chaturvedi, senior faculty at the Delhi University shares his opinion on Draft National Education Policy 2019. He has been involved in the development of Cluster Innovation Centre. He talks about the role that teacher networks could play in contemporary education.

We have Sandra Misquith and M.B. Mandappa from St. Joseph's college, Bangalore. The college is a member of the esteemed DBT Star College scheme. The faculty discusses this scheme and other initiatives that bolster undergraduate research. They also highlight issues that need to be mitigated for a better student research experience.

PK Burma, senior faculty at the Delhi University wanted to be a politician in his younger days. Here he shares stories on mentorship that moulded him into a plant geneticist with a love of teaching. He suggests that a forum for teacher networking is good as long as the discussions remain meaningful.

In this new article in our series on scientific networking, Anusha Krishnan writes about the need for more educator-focused conferences in India and how encouraging teachers to attend or organise such meetings can elevate the quality of undergraduate education in our country.

How do you perceive a social media news of a common snack being made of plastic? Or that fast foods never decay? The new currency notes carrying nano-GPS chips? Test such news before dismissing it (or accepting it) - the experiments are surprisingly simple, rational and logical. An excellent opportunity to instil the practice of enquiry-based learning.