Notes on Education

Fixing Schedules  Author with H S Gill designing an IIT class reunion schedule If a prize has to be given to a nation for maximum variability then India might win it. It appears that in India a great many things that can do without change are changed continuously. An example is the design of our coins. It has changed so rapidly over the years that it is sometimes difficult to recognize which is which especially for older persons who wear reading glasses and are not wearing them at the time of handling coins. Compare this to the design of coins in USA or Canada. They have coins in distinct sizes, colors and designs for 1cent, 5cent, 10 cent, and 25 cents. Even a blind person can make out which coin is which on feeling their weight or size. These designs have not changed for over a century. As a result many efficient coin operated or coin-handling machines can be designed in those countries. Undoubtedly fixing the design of coins will render some die makers and coin designers out