Education
Harnessing astrology for deeper parent-child understanding
MUMBAI: Parenting is a complicated path packed with challenges and responsibilities. Vedic astrology, on the other hand, provides deep insights into mindful parenting methods. Parents can obtain a thorough insight into their child’s potential, abilities, and weaknesses by reviewing his or her astrological chart, allowing them to better lead and assist their child through life’s trials.
Even before the child is born, astrology may help parents comprehend the soul that is meant to join their family. This understanding fosters patience and allows parents to develop their child’s potential following their life path.
What is vedic astrology?
Vedic astrology, also known as jyotish, dates back thousands of years. It generates an elaborate birth chart, or kundli, based on the positions of the moon, planets, and constellations at the time of birth. This chart highlights traits, trends, and prospective life characteristics, acting as a road map for one’s life route. Each individual’s astrological birth map reflects a combination of influences from birth and previous lifetimes, as seen through the lens of Vedic astrology.
In the context of conscious parenting, this ancient wisdom provides timeless cosmic truths that can help nurture a child’s growth, health, and development.
Discovering strengths, passions, and challenges
Vedic astrology can help identify a child’s skills, passions, and possible obstacles. For example, a strong Mars may imply inherent leadership abilities, whilst a weak Mercury may signal communication issues. Recognizing these elements early on allows parents to encourage their child’s strengths while also providing support in areas of difficulty
Customized education and activities
The birth chart can also indicate a child’s learning style and interests. A prominent Jupiter could imply a love of learning, whilst a dominant Venus could indicate artistic abilities. By incorporating these astrological insights into educational and extracurricular activities, parents can create a more interesting and joyful learning environment.
Addressing emotional needs
The moon’s position in the birth chart is critical for determining a child’s emotional temperament. A well-placed Moon might represent emotional stability, whilst a challenged Moon may imply sensitivity or mood swings. Being aware of these astrological markers allows parents to provide the emotional support and security their child requires to grow.
Combining vedic astrology knowledge with parenting can provide a unique and insightful viewpoint on raising happier children. Understanding the cosmic influences on their child’s personality and development allows parents to customize their approach to match their child’s particular needs and create an atmosphere that promotes growth and happiness.
The article has been authored by AstroJudge co-founder Pushpanjali Banerji.
Education
Abhishek Singh appointed director general of National Testing Agency
Technocrat with deep roots in India’s digital infrastructure push takes charge of the exam body that has faced intense scrutiny
NEW DELHI: India’s beleaguered examination authority has a new boss. Abhishek Singh, currently director general of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), has been appointed director general of the National Testing Agency (NTA), which sits under the Ministry of Education. In a signal of just how seriously the government is treating the role, the post has been temporarily upgraded to the rank and pay of secretary to the government of India.
Singh is not your typical bureaucrat shuffled sideways into a troubled institution. At the NIC, he also held additional charge as additional secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), overseeing artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and the Digital India Bhashini division, while simultaneously serving as chief executive of the India AI Mission. That is a formidable technology portfolio by any measure.
His CV reads like a guided tour of India’s digital public infrastructure. He served as president and chief executive of the National e-Governance Division, managing director and chief executive of Digital India Corporation, chief executive of Karmayogi Bharat, and chief executive of MyGov between 2019 and 2024. Before that, from 2014 to 2017, he was executive director at the Food Corporation of India, where he handled information technology, engineering, storage and, additionally, the North Zone operations and the role of chief vigilance officer.
His field credentials are equally robust. Singh has served in both Nagaland and Uttar Pradesh across multiple tenures, navigating law and order, floods, droughts and communal tensions with equal measure. As principal secretary to the chief minister of Nagaland between 2017 and 2019, he also held charge of urban development, personnel and administrative reforms, and, in 2018, home commissioner. At the grassroots, he built roads, irrigation systems, schools and hospitals, and drove welfare programmes focused on poverty alleviation, education and healthcare.
Singh has also worked alongside international agencies including DFID, UNICEF and WHO, contributing to the Child’s Environment Project in Budaun and the Pulse Polio Eradication Programme in Uttar Pradesh. He has conducted elections at the parliamentary, state assembly and local body levels.
Academically, he is no slouch either. Singh holds a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Mason Fellow, and completed his B.Tech and M.Tech from IIT Kanpur.
Meanwhile, the broader bureaucratic reshuffle sees Bihar cadre IAS officer Chanchal Kumar named the new secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Rohit Kansal of the UT cadre moves to the Rural Development Ministry as special secretary, while IAS officer Vikram Yadav has been appointed director general of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The outgoing I&B secretary has been reassigned as secretary in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
The NTA needed someone who could rewire both its credibility and its systems. Singh has spent a career doing exactly that.
