Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?

Whom is the knowledge we have lost in information?"

The information we gather from books, from preceptors and through observation must be correlated, classified and assimilated to gain knowledge. The knowledge we gain must widen our outlook and endow us with wisdom, with the capacity to think, judge and decide.

Search and research are the essence of academic life. Both the individual and the institution must progress towards adaptation of a social ethos through slow, gradual and honestly planned efforts.

Stagnation is a process that can set in as much in the mental as in the material world. Stagnation in the mental world results in blurring of thought and vision arrests intellectual progress. An academician has to be like the mythical phoenix, ever ready to resurge with an enriched mind to claim the title and privilege of being a preceptor. Chetana aims at offering the incentive to our faculty to rise from complacence and contentment and reach new heights in Intellectual culture.

It is also hoped that this attempt would not only rekindle the urge in my colleagues to pursue their research, but also pave the way to useful interaction with researchers in their respective fields from other institutions as well.

At the end, I submit that this is an honest academic effort, initiated with high ideals and hopes that we will reach new heights. May I request our readers for a sympathetic but frank appraisal?

I thank Shri Ramnath G. Kare, President, Vidya Vikas Mandal and all the members of the Standing Committee for encouraging us to take up this venture. I sincerely thank all my colleagues who have contributed articles and papers at extremely short notice. I have no words to express my gratitude to

Smt. Prita D. Mallya for the pains she has taken in shaping this journal as the editor.

Dr. I. Bhanu Murthy
Principal
2000.09.29