After failing in fourth standard, Prof K.C. Sinha, has authored more than 70 Mathematics books -- and is all set to score a century soon. Outlook Group had honoured Prof Sinha with “Icons of Bihar”, who had also been awarded with prestigious Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Shiksha Award by Bihar Government for his contributions in the field of Education.
Listening to Prof Sinha will do a world of good for students who are engaged in the preparations for competitive examinations.
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Listening to Prof Sinha will do a world of good for students who are engaged in the preparations for competitive examinations.
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00:00 I failed in Mathematics in the admission test of Class 4th.
00:05 You have written more books than your age.
00:09 Are you preparing to make a record?
00:11 In the coming years, I wish to complete a century.
00:17 Namaste!
00:24 Welcome to this special program of Outlook Initiative.
00:30 I am Dinesh Anand.
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01:13 And seeing this, Outlook Group has decided to take a step towards social media platforms.
01:19 So, let me introduce you to our special guest today.
01:23 He is a well-known scholar of Bihar,
01:25 a former professor of Patna Science College,
01:28 and a writer of 70 books on Mathematics, Professor K.C. Sinha.
01:33 Welcome to this program, Mr. Sinha.
01:35 Thank you.
01:36 First of all, you have written more books than your age.
01:43 You have been published.
01:44 So, let us assume that you are preparing to make a record.
01:49 I have published 70 books so far.
01:54 These are of different levels.
01:57 I started with the book of IIT competition.
02:05 My first book was from Bharti Bhavan, which was in Hindi.
02:09 But the second book was in English.
02:12 And from the second to the tenth book,
02:15 I have published books related to IIT competitions.
02:18 In this, the syllabus of Inter and Plus 2 was covered.
02:24 And the syllabus of IIT competitive exam was also covered.
02:28 And this book was written according to its pattern.
02:32 And this book became so popular,
02:35 that like a hot cake, this book was published in the next edition.
02:44 Keeping this book's popularity in mind,
02:49 we decided to write more books.
02:53 So, after this, the books in Hindi,
02:56 the books that were in English,
02:58 for the children of Bihar, for the children of Madhya Pradesh,
03:01 and for the students of the speaking states,
03:09 we published these books in Hindi.
03:13 And after that, the number of books kept increasing.
03:17 As the demand for books on this topic increased,
03:21 we started writing books on that topic as well.
03:24 Recently, a book on aptitude test has also come out,
03:28 which has become very popular among students.
03:32 And after this, on new syllabus,
03:36 we started writing books for BSc, for graduation, and for post-graduation as well.
03:43 Some books have come for graduation.
03:46 6 books have come so far.
03:48 And for post-graduation, more books of BSc will come.
03:53 And all books of post-graduation will also come.
03:57 And you are right, that in the coming years,
04:01 I wish to complete a century.
04:05 Very good.
04:07 Sinha Sahib, one more question.
04:09 All these books that you have written so far,
04:13 of which you are a writer,
04:14 are all these books from the same publication?
04:18 Or are there many other publications as well?
04:20 No, my books are from different publications.
04:24 The first book, My Bharti Bhavan,
04:27 which is a popular publication house in Bihar,
04:30 was published from there.
04:32 Two books were published from there.
04:34 After that, Students' Friends,
04:37 which is in Govind Mitra Road,
04:40 which is considered to be the second, number two publication of Bihar,
04:45 books were published from there.
04:47 And after that, keeping in mind the popularity of the book,
04:52 the publishers from outside also started approaching.
04:55 And books have been published from Meerut as well,
04:58 from Rasnogi Publications.
05:00 And after that, Jai Prakashnath, JPNP,
05:02 whose books used to be very popular,
05:05 books have been published from there as well.
05:08 And the recent books that are being published,
05:11 that is from the Advisor Publication House,
05:14 the head office of the Advisor Publication House is in Delhi,
05:18 its office is in Bombay as well,
05:20 and in Patna as well.
05:21 Its books are also becoming very popular.
05:25 So, the books that are coming in new patterns,
05:28 according to new trends,
05:31 are coming from the Advisor Publications.
05:34 Professor Sinha, one thing that is coming to my mind is that,
05:41 you have been working in Patna University for years as a professor,
05:46 and recently you have been the principal of Patna Science College,
05:51 and now there is a discussion going on,
05:57 which has reached our ears as well,
05:59 that there are some discussions about your appointment
06:03 as the Vice-Chancellor of a university.
06:07 So, is this just a rumour or is there some truth to it?
06:10 It cannot be called a rumour.
06:12 We did not apply for the Vice-Chancellorship earlier.
06:18 We applied in Patna University,
06:21 and I was selected in the three names that were selected there.
06:26 And in the coming time,
06:29 there is hope that we can get the Vice-Chancellorship in some university.
06:36 This is the government's own opinion.
06:40 And how many people come,
06:43 which people come,
06:45 is selected from that.
06:47 So, let us see what happens in the coming days.
06:51 If we are given any answer,
06:55 then I would like to assure that I will fulfill that answer with complete honesty.
07:03 Professor, one thing I would like to tell you is that,
07:09 your studies, there are many students who are working in many big positions in the world today.
07:18 And there are many students who are studying from you.
07:22 There are some students who want to know about the education of Professor Sinha.
07:29 What is your education like?
07:33 Please tell us in detail.
07:35 My formal education did not start till class 3.
07:39 My formal education started in class 4 from the district school, Ara.
07:45 Before that, in the village, in the village of Bihur, near to Chernpur,
07:51 we used to go there with our father.
07:56 We used to stay there for a year or two.
07:58 There was a school of Hafiz Sahib, a small school.
08:03 We used to study in that.
08:06 And the rest of the studies, we used to do with the help of our elder brothers and sisters.
08:14 But my formal education did not start till class 3.
08:18 In class 4, my formal education started in class 4 from the district school, Ara.
08:25 We would like to discuss an incident in this.
08:27 Sure, sure.
08:28 In the admission test of class 4, I failed in Mathematics.
08:34 Okay.
08:35 If we are pushed by this, and if a person is pushed in life,
08:40 then there are two things.
08:42 Either he is careful and tries to go ahead or he stops there.
08:47 So, what happened with me was that after a week, some seats were left empty.
08:54 The school announced again,
08:57 a notice came out that after a month, there will be another admission test.
09:01 Our parents, our elder brothers and sisters, encouraged us,
09:08 and they said that if others can do it, why can't you do it?
09:14 So, because of their encouragement, we started preparing for Mathematics again.
09:23 And we gave a whole month to Mathematics, with all honesty, with all our heart,
09:29 and our interest in Mathematics also developed from here.
09:34 And in the second test, we scored 100 marks in Mathematics.
09:40 And from here, our interest in Mathematics also started developing.
09:46 And my interest in Mathematics also developed.
09:49 Friends, it is time for a break.
09:51 After the break, we will come back and continue this discussion with Professor K.C. Sinha.
10:03 Some moments are only told by time,
10:05 so some moments are the time given to man.
10:08 With the changing times, the one who keeps moving without losing, without getting tired,
10:13 he gets his destination.
10:16 And now, we will introduce you to some special personalities who reach their destinations.
10:22 A special meeting, now on the stage of Outlook Digital,
10:25 with senior journalist, Dinesh Anand.
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10:38 Welcome all of you once again after the break.
10:42 And today, we are talking with Professor K.C. Sinha, the author of 70 books on Mathematics.
10:49 Professor Sinha, your father was a renowned lawyer in Aara city, Bhojpur.
10:55 And he had a great reputation in his city.
10:59 You were very good in studies.
11:02 If you wanted, you could have gone for administrative services.
11:05 You could have served the country as an officer.
11:09 But why did you choose the teaching profession?
11:11 As we said, during the 4th year of the Admission Test, our interest in Mathematics developed.
11:21 And in the 4th class, we came second in the school.
11:27 From the 5th class onwards, we started to talk in our class, including all the sections.
11:35 We were the first.
11:37 Our class friends used to come to us with their problems, especially of Mathematics.
11:47 And we used to solve them easily.
11:51 So, this way, we got into the practice of teaching.
11:57 And our interest in teaching developed.
12:01 And from our understanding, the teaching profession is a pious profession.
12:07 The teacher earns his daily bread, but he also serves the society.
12:15 Because the progress of the society depends on the teacher.
12:21 The teacher teaches, and later on, he becomes an engineer, a doctor, an administrator.
12:27 So, our interest was to go into the teaching profession.
12:33 But our parents wanted us to become engineers.
12:37 At that time, there was a craze for engineers.
12:39 And we did the pre-university matriculation from the district school, Aara.
12:45 We used to get boarded in the 11th grade.
12:47 We topped in the Aara district in the 11th grade.
12:51 We also topped in our school.
12:53 And we had two choices.
12:57 To take admission in Jain College, Aara, or Patna Science College.
13:03 Because Bihar's number one college, Patna Science College, was considered for science.
13:09 So, we filled our forms in both the places.
13:11 We were selected from both the places.
13:15 Now, there was a financial aspect.
13:17 Because we were from an ordinary family.
13:21 And we had four brothers, two sisters, and three aunts.
13:25 So, my grandfather had passed away.
13:29 So, my father was financially in debt.
13:32 So, seeing this, it was decided that we should take admission in Jain College, Aara.
13:39 But my father said, "No, we will teach in Patna Science College."
13:45 Because we were the first family to do matriculation from science.
13:51 So, I got admission in Science College.
13:54 And after coming to Science College, due to some financial difficulties, we had to do one or two tuitions.
14:04 So, with the help of an acquaintance teacher, we had to go for two tuitions, which were two days a week.
14:12 We used to go in the evening.
14:14 So, we used to get income and we got more interest in teaching.
14:19 After this, I got good results in pre-university as well.
14:25 In engineering, wherever I applied, there was Sindhri Engineering College, BIT Sindhri, it was a very famous college.
14:33 There too, I got admission letter from there and from Patna Engineering College.
14:39 But we wanted to go in teaching profession.
14:43 So, we decided that we will continue our further studies in Science College.
14:51 And once we got admission in BSc, in Part 1, at that time it was Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
14:59 So, when we got admission, our aim became clear that we have to go in teaching profession.
15:09 And teaching profession is a pious profession, as we said.
15:14 And it is also a social service.
15:17 So, we went in this profession.
15:20 But our interest was also a little helpless.
15:24 The cost of studying engineering was more.
15:27 And our interest was also to go in teaching profession.
15:33 So, from here, our aim became clear that we will go in this profession.
15:38 Viewers, Professor K.C. Sinha used to be a student of Patna Science College.
15:45 And later on, he became the headmaster of this college.
15:49 Professor, one question is that, the Corona era, we all have gone through a dangerous era.
15:58 And the biggest loss of any sector is education.
16:04 So, the change that has come in education sector after Corona,
16:10 So, what is your view on this new form?
16:14 We see it from a positive perspective.
16:18 In this, those who didn't use technology, started using it.
16:28 And they became helpless.
16:31 And now, we believe that blended learning should be there.
16:35 Blended means mixed learning.
16:37 Some part, 20%, 30% should be done with the help of online technology.
16:45 And face to face, the traditional teaching method,
16:50 Interactive face to face interactive method, which is in the class,
16:55 So, that 70%, 80%, whatever is possible.
17:00 Now, we see it from a positive perspective.
17:06 So, this is a gift of Corona.
17:11 We didn't use technology, but now we are using it.
17:17 And blended learning, which is called mixed type,
17:21 In the coming days, this method will be used.
17:28 Professor, your two sons are IIT pass out.
17:33 And as far as we know, they have written some books.
17:38 They are also writers like you.
17:40 On what subjects is this book and where is it available?
17:43 This is available on Amazon.
17:46 And my elder son, Anurag Chandra, who had done from IIT Kanpur,
17:51 The book he has written, "The Ramayana Secret".
17:56 He has interpreted the Ramayana in a new way.
18:01 That book is related to that.
18:03 And it has become very popular.
18:05 This is published by Om Books International Publications.
18:12 And this is its head office in Delhi.
18:16 The second son, Abhishek Chandra,
18:19 He had done from IIT Roorkee.
18:21 And from ISB, he had done business management.
18:25 It was posted in Dubai.
18:27 It is now in Mumbai.
18:29 The name of his book is "Love You Forever".
18:33 This book has become very popular.
18:36 And it is available everywhere in bookstores, malls.
18:42 It is available on Amazon.
18:44 So, both these sons of yours, they are both from IIT.
18:48 Yes.
18:49 There are three sons, three are engineers.
18:52 Two sons have done from IIT.
18:55 One has done from Manipal.
18:57 He missed some marks.
18:59 But three are doing service.
19:02 One is in Delhi.
19:04 The second is in Mumbai.
19:05 And the third is in Bangalore.
19:07 Friends, it is time for a break.
19:10 After the break, we will return again.
19:12 And we will continue this discussion with Professor K.C. Sinha.
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20:07 After the break, you all are welcome once again.
20:11 And today we are talking with the well-known mathematician of Bihar,
20:17 Professor K.C. Sinha.
20:19 Professor, in 2019, you have been appointed to serve the university.
20:27 And now you are moving towards online classes.
20:32 We want to know from you that these online classes,
20:35 the benefits of which you have just told,
20:37 but your three sons, three are engineers, two are IIT pass-outs,
20:44 so what support do you get in the preparation of these online classes?
20:49 The future generation in the field of technology is much ahead of us.
20:56 We are old school.
20:58 And we are adopting technology under pressure.
21:03 And in the corona period, everyone had to learn to use technology.
21:10 This is a good thing because with the coming generation,
21:14 we have to move forward.
21:16 So our children are experts in computers.
21:20 They have a very good knowledge of computers.
21:23 And when they come to us, they teach us too.
21:29 And not just our children, our grandson also teaches us computers.
21:34 And he will go beyond our father's generation.
21:39 This is a good thing.
21:41 Professor, your fan following on social media is very strong.
21:48 We have seen it.
21:50 As far as we know, you have a former student, I don't know his name.
21:56 He had made a film on your life.
21:59 Was it a film on your life or on some other subject?
22:02 No, it was not on my life.
22:04 But he made a film relating to us.
22:09 And it is related to the love affair of the children of the age +2.
22:20 So he has gone ahead in discussing our book at every stage.
22:32 And that is why people say that you have a film.
22:35 I don't have a film, it is his own.
22:38 But he discusses the book again and again.
22:43 And it has become very popular.
22:47 Many people view it.
22:51 And another one has also come, which is related to our book.
22:58 But it is related to the education of girls.
23:03 Girls should be taught.
23:05 And it is said that if a girl is educated, then the whole family is educated.
23:11 So this concept has been taken in it.
23:14 Another one has also come, in which while discussing our book, it has been shown that
23:21 Girls should be taught, no matter what the situation is.
23:25 Professor, I would like to know one thing from you.
23:29 You have retired from service.
23:35 But you have taught with a very long technique.
23:39 Students are in front of you, you are on the board.
23:42 You have a chalk in your hand, you write and show it to them.
23:44 You tell them, you explain.
23:46 But this new technique has come, which is called the digital world.
23:49 And with the help of digital technology, the education world is now moving forward quickly.
23:54 Now, how much do you fit yourself in your time and the changing world and changing form?
24:04 And how do you manage it yourself?
24:07 I believe that the time is coming, the time is coming,
24:13 In this, the age of blended learning will come.
24:17 Mixed learning.
24:19 The use of technology and the classical method of face-to-face interaction should also be there.
24:26 So, the use of technology in this, there are many plus points in it.
24:33 Like we cannot make a figure on a board, we cannot make a three-dimensional figure on a board.
24:40 It has to be imagined.
24:42 But with the help of technology, that three-dimensional figure can also be explained to students very easily.
24:51 This is a great use of technology.
24:56 And we should also use technology.
25:00 And we said that blended learning is the most advantageous.
25:05 There is no answer to interactive learning, which is face-to-face.
25:09 But it also had some disadvantages.
25:12 Like we said, it was difficult to show three-dimensional figures.
25:17 And with the help of technology, we can easily show three-dimensional figures.
25:23 So, it becomes interesting.
25:26 And that's why we support blended learning.
25:31 That this should be moved forward.
25:34 What message would you like to give to the students preparing for IIT-JEE, so that their path can be easier?
25:43 This is not my question.
25:46 In fact, some of our viewers are students and they know you very well.
25:51 They want us to ask you this question.
25:54 The students who are preparing for IIT, I have to say that success is not achieved by doing hard work alone.
26:08 I believe that if you adopt hard work, strong will, self-confidence and the right strategy, then you will definitely succeed.
26:29 And in this success, economic hardship, lack of money, can't be a factor.
26:38 If you are enthusiastic, if your intention is firm, then you will definitely succeed.
26:46 If other people can do it, then why can't you?
26:50 So, I believe that if you are hard-working, if your intention is firm, if you have self-confidence and you adopt the right strategy, then you will definitely succeed.
27:05 There is no need to worry.
27:07 And whenever you wake up, you should start preparing by asking for the morning.
27:12 Absolutely.
27:13 There is no shortage of good teachers in Bihar.
27:18 Despite this, a large number of students from Bihar flee to other states.
27:28 We have seen many hoardings of coaching centers in Patna on the road and on the highway.
27:35 It is written that Kota's education is now in Patna.
27:39 This is in their advertisement.
27:41 So, when will Patna become Kota?
27:44 I believe that it should be written in Kota that Patna's education is now in Kota.
27:50 If you go to the data, then the students studying in Kota are also from Bihar, UP, mostly students.
28:02 And the teachers are also from Bihar.
28:08 So, when students and teachers are from Bihar and UP, then why not?
28:14 Good education can be done only in Patna.
28:17 In 2000, 9 students out of the first 50 students competing in IIT were from Bihar and Jharkhand.
28:33 And they had brought this rank from their studies here.
28:39 We can tell you the name, which school they were from, where they are working now.
28:47 So, when the education here is so good, then why should we go outside and study?
28:53 It is more convenient to study near the house.
28:58 In Corona, we saw how much trouble the children of Kota had to face in coming back.
29:04 So, we believe that when the teachers from Bihar go there and teach,
29:09 there are many teachers in Bihar, so they should prepare here.
29:14 And even after preparing here, they have brought the rank.
29:19 You can also bring the rank. This is what we have to do.
29:23 The Outlook Press has awarded you the title of Professor Casey Sinha in 2018 and 2019.
29:36 In Mumbai, you were awarded the Global Excellence Award.
29:48 And you were awarded this title by the film actress Madhuri Dixit.
29:53 Last year, we read in the newspapers, you were also awarded by the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
30:04 We want to know, did the Bihar government award you this title?
30:12 Yes, every year, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the first Education Minister of India.
30:23 His birthday is on 11th November.
30:27 On 11th November, India celebrates the Indian Education Day.
30:33 And on this occasion, a person who does excellent work in the field of education is awarded.
30:44 His name is Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Education Award.
30:49 This is the highest education award in Bihar.
30:53 The government awards this title and the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Education Minister, Education Department Officers,
31:05 and the children of different schools are also awarded.
31:09 The public is also awarded this title.
31:12 I would like to thank the Bihar government for awarding this title in 2019.
31:26 The Chief Minister awarded this title with his own hands.
31:30 And by receiving this award, the enthusiasm increases and we get the inspiration to do better in the future.
31:37 Professor, your book on Quantitative Aptitude has recently become very popular.
31:46 And now you are writing a book on Postgraduate Mathematics.
31:50 So, what is special about these books?
31:53 Our books are based on a new pattern.
31:57 And because of this pattern, it has become popular.
32:00 We have also felt this while studying that there are 100 questions in an exercise.
32:07 Now, a student gets tired while making a student.
32:12 He feels that there are 100 questions in each chapter.
32:15 How to do it?
32:16 So, we categorized the problems.
32:20 Type 1, Type 2, Type 3.
32:22 And we saw that in one chapter, there are only two types, three types, four types of questions.
32:27 And we wrote the method of making each type of question in our book, the working rule.
32:34 And we gave the working rule, we made it typewise and made two or four questions on it.
32:40 And we gave the exercise in the same way.
32:43 So, the children started finding it very easy.
32:45 They felt that now there are only four questions in this chapter.
32:49 If you understand each of the four types of questions properly, it started to become automatic.
32:54 So, the children started to accept this book a lot.
33:01 And our enthusiasm also started to increase.
33:03 The book of graduation is also on this pattern.
33:07 And the book of post-graduation is also coming on this pattern.
33:10 Friends, now it is time to end the program.
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