Dr.
Sambandam Ekambaram M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D
Each soul is potentially Divine. Education is the manifestation of
perfection already in man.
-Swami Vivekananda
About me
People
call me Sam using the first three letters of my full name. I am from
PONDICHERRY on the east coast of Southern India.
Having completed my Master Degrees in India, I worked as Assistant
Professor/Professor of Mathematics at Tagore Arts College, Avvaiyar
Women’s College, affiliated to Pondicherry University, India. I came to Simon
Fraser University and completed my Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics. After trying a
few colleges and universities in Canada and U.S.A, I decided to stay with
Columbia College. Now, I have a feeling that I belong to Columbia College and I
am glad to be here.
About India
LORD MACAULAY ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH
PARLIAMENT, 2 FEBRUARY, 1835
I have traveled across the length and breadth of
India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such
wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such
calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we
break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural
heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient
education system, her culture, …..
About the Universe
There can not be added in the
economy of this universe one particle of matter or one foot-pound of force ,
nor can one particle of matter or one foot-pound of force be taken out. If that
be the case, what is this intelligence? If it was not in the protoplasm, it
must have come all of a sudden, something coming out of nothing, which is
absurd. It, therefore, follows absolutely that the perfect man, the free man,
the God-man, who has gone beyond the laws of nature, and transcended
everything, who has no more to go through the process of evolution, through
birth and death, that man called the “Christ-man” by the Christians, and
the “Buddha-man” by the Buddhists, and
the “Free” by the Yogis-that perfect man
who is at one end of the chain of
evolution was involved in the cell of the protoplasm, which is at the other end
of the same chain.
- Swami Vivekananda
Time Management:
There
are many books about time management. But the essence of all time management is
this: Ask your self now? Am I wasting time right now? If you use your PRESENT,
future will blossom in brilliant form. LIVE IN THE PRESENT
MOMENT.
On Education:
Upanishads are eternal truths
revealed by enlightened masters, called RISHIS. There is a MANTRA, a song which
is chanted at the beginning and end by any one who is going to study or teach.
It is called SHANTI MANTRA written in Sanskrit language. The English meaning
that is close to the original prayer is this:
May
the Supreme Being protect us both.
May
Divinity nourish both of us.
May
we be vigorous together.
May
what we study become fruitful and may we do not hate each other.
Useful Links:
For
graph paper of any kind go to:
http://mathbits.com/mathbits/studentresources/graphpaper/graphpaper.htm
ON LEAVE: Winter
2012