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Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2024-09-28): The bachelor's program at Seton Hall was ranked #377 on College Factual's Best Schools for business administration list. It is also ranked #15 in New Jersey. During the 2021-2022 academic year, Seton Hall University handed out 4 bachelor's degrees in business administration & management. This is an increase of 300% over the previous year when 1 degrees were handed out. [...] In the 2021-2022 academic year, 140 students earned a master's degree in business administration from Seton Hall. About 42% of these graduates were women and the other 58% were men.
Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2024-09-28): Seton Hall was ranked #178 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for business, management & marketing majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #7 in New Jersey. During the 2021-2022 academic year, Seton Hall University handed out 432.00000000000006 bachelor's degrees in business, management & marketing. This is a decrease of 10% over the previous year when 480 degrees were handed out. In 2022, 433 students received their master’s degree in business, management & marketing from Seton Hall. This makes it the #113 most popular school for business, management & marketing master’s degree candidates in the country.
Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2022-09-23): Programs of the Stillman School are fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - International (AACSB), a distinction shared by less than one-half of business schools nationwide. Seton Hall was the first private university in the state of New Jersey to earn this distinction. This is a professional accreditation above the regional accreditation held by most business schools. Accredited since 1978, the Stillman School meets the highest standards in business education. [...] Experiential Education at Seton Hall University is an educational strategy in which students apply factual, practical and theoretical knowledge in a real-world work experience. Programs include internships, community service, service learning, volunteer work and field experiences. The common element of these programs is that all provide the opportunity to combine classroom learning with "hands on" work and learning experiences. Students’ participation in a variety of experiential programs enhances the academic experience and contributes to their career and lifelong success. [...] Home to nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Seton Hall has reached new heights in academic excellence, faculty research and student success. Ready to take the next steps on your academic or career path?
Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2023-06-30): A post circulating on social media claims that all students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study the ancient Hindu Scripture Bhagavad Gita. Further, the post also questions the absence of a similar course within the Indian educational system. Let’s verify the claim made in the post. [...] Fact: ‘The Journey of Transformation,’ the first course in Seton Hall University’s core curriculum, includes not only the Bhagavad Gita but also religious texts from diverse traditions such as Christianity, Hebrew, Greek, and others. Furthermore, it is evident that the Bhagavad Gita has been integrated into the curriculum of various Indian universities and is also referenced in NCERT textbooks at the school level. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING. Upon conducting an internet search to gather more information, we discovered media reports (here & here) regarding this matter. According to these reports, Seton Hall University, a prominent Catholic university located in New Jersey, made the study of the Bhagavad Gita compulsory for all students starting in 2008. The university aimed to introduce a transformative course that would profoundly impact the character and lives of its students.
Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Countless Eyes, Countless Mouths: New Dialogues in the Study of Multivocal Bhagavad Gitas The Bhagavad Gita is one of the best-known and most widely read, studied, and recited texts in Hindu traditions, and has a long history of exegesis, commentary, and translation in South Asian and European languages. Only seven hundred verses long, this work continues to produce a diverse range of readings, in both scholarship and popular culture, encompassing religion, politics, literature, mysticism, philosophy, and statecraft; its growing role and visibility in contemporary Hindu nationalism makes it a particularly fraught and contested site for debates about South Asian pasts and futures. However, the Bhagavad Gita tends to be considered a stable, canonical work, often obfuscating the diverse interpretations that comprise the text’s multilingual, transnational archive. This symposium brings together early-career scholars who approach this text through a wide range of languages, historical periods, and disciplinary perspectives. The papers in this symposium speak to—and reveal— rich interpretive archives of the Bhagavad Gita not yet considered in detail in secondary scholarship. The scholars who will participate in this day-long symposium will explore the Gita’s interpretive life in premodern and modern contexts ranging from Sanskrit commentarial traditions and Mughal-era Persian translations to contemporary nationalist discourses. [...] The Bhakti Virtual Archive (BHAVA): Present and Future
Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2016-07-26): SEIDENBERG, RITA N (1985) STRATEGIES OF FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN RECALLING AND COMPREHENDING FABLES [...] COLACO, LESLIE AUSTIN (1981) RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM GOALS, SCHOOL CLIMATE AND RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE LEVEL IN CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS [...] CARROLL, ROBERT WILLIAM (1965) FIELD IONIZATION STUDIES OF TUNGSTEN
Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2015-04-25): IMPLICATIONS OF BHAGAVAD GITA IN MANAGEMENT 1. THE IMPLICATIONS OF BHAGAVAD GITA IN MANAGEMENT [...] Bhagwad Gita has become compulsory for every student joining Seton Hall university in New Jersey, USA. This is a catholic university founded in 1856. The faculty consists of Muslims, Buddhists, Jews in additions to Christians. The translation of Bhagwad Gita by Stephen Mitchell is the text. None of the teacher is Hindu.The university wanted a transformational course that will influence the character and life of the students. So it wanted a course that seeks answers to perennial questions like the purpose of life, why are we here, where are we going "The journey of transformation"One third of Seton Halls more than 10,800 students are non- Christians. Many non-catholic also study here. It has significant no of Indian students.This is a core course for all students, whatever the discipline. [...] From the above discussions we conclude that much of modern management principles existing today can be derived from the body of knowledge of Bhagavad Gita. One of the central ideas of the Bhagavad Gita is the performance of activities without attachment or any expectation of results. Thus, as the teaching of the Bhagavad Gita is of universal significance, to study it is to study man himself, to study life lord Krishna gives five stages of instructions in the
Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2020-08-19): Seton Hall University co-hosted the virtual International Gita Symposium 2020, "The Bhagavad Gita and Humanity Today." Depicted above: Kurukshetra, the battlefield of the Mahabharata, where Krishna revealed his divine form and responded with what is now known as the Bhagavad Gita. [...] Shemaroo’s General Manager (USA) Kunal Wadhwani said, "The Bhagavad Gita teaches crucial life lessons on self-management and a platform like the International Gita Symposium is helping spread this knowledge, just like how we’re doing with our speaker, Shemaroo Shrimad Bhagavad Gita," referring to their new audio-book Bluetooth device. "We are proud to be associated with this symposium and congratulate Seton Hall University and Gita Jayanti Committee (Singapore) on a successful event." [...] The virtual forum brought scholars and faith leaders — from Seton Hall University and worldwide — together to explore practical wisdom shared in the Bhagavad Gita.
Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2016-06-28): Universities from across the world such as Seton Hall University have made it mandatory for students to study the Bhagavad Gita. It’s ironical that top business management institutes are teaching Bhagavad Gita as part of their curriculum while India’s young generation remains deprived of its benefits. [...] Teaching children at the very step of life about the beauty lied in Bhagavad Gita is to set positivity at the very beginning. In terms of teaching non-Hindu students or foreseers about the noble book, they have their rights to select an optional subject over the study of Bhagavad Gita. One should be free from obligations and must be provided with choice of decision. Academic institutions must provide ease to the non-Hindu followers, giving them a chance to consider the essence of Bhagavad Gita on their own will.
Claim: All students studying Business Management at Seton Hall University in the USA are obligated to study Bhagavad Gita (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-17)
Evidence (2018-01-19): In USA, the study of the Bhagvad Gita has become mandatory for every student joining Seton Hall University in New Jersey from 2008.The university wanted to introduce a transformational course that will influence the character and life of its students. Also, it wanted a course that seek answers to perennial questions like the purpose of life, why are we here, where are we going, etc,. as part of the course. In India, a bill was introduced by Ramesh Bidhuri, who calls it "Compulsory Teaching of Bhagavad Gits As a Moral Education Text Book In Educational Institutions Bill, 2016. It is believed that every educational institution shall compulsorily teach Bhagavad Gita as a moral education text book. It is justified by its universal message that shaped the greatest thinkers of the time. As per the Bill, "The teachings of Gita is ageless and unbounded. It contains the teaching ranging from spiritual awakening to leadership and management. Teachings of Gita is teaching of humanity and brotherhood. Many great thinkers from our time such as Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi as well as Madhavacharya, Shankara and Ramanuja, from bygone ages, have all deliberated upon its timeless teachings."
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2023-06-18): While there are instances of Raghuram Rajan making critical observations on Modi government’s economic policies, there are no reports however, attributing the viral comments to Raghuram Rajan. These fabricated comments are falsely arrtibted to Rajan. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Modi marked the completion of his 23 years in elected public office after taking over as Gujarat chief minister for first time on Oct 7, 2001, by vowing to continue working tirelessly with more vigour and not rest until the goal of a "developed India" is accomplished. [...] Reiterating achievements of his tenure as PM - including over 25 crore people freed from clutches of poverty, India emerging as fifth-largest economy, Modi said India's developmental strides have ensured that the country is being viewed with utmost optimism globally. "The world is keen to engage with us, invest in our people and be a part of our success. At the same time, India is working extensively to overcome global challenges be it climate change, improving healthcare, realising SDGs and more," he said. [...] The home minister, who has been a constant companion of Modi in his political journey, said it was a matter of good fortune for him that he has been a witness to Modi's long public life.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2019-05-24): On the stump, the prime minister repeatedly told people that he needed more than five years to undo more than "60 years of mismanagement". Voters agreed to give him more time. [...] Many say Mr Modi has made India's elections more presidential. But strong prime ministers have often overshadowed their parties - Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and Indira Gandhi are some obvious examples. [...] Under Mr Modi and his powerful aide Amit Shah, the BJP has developed into a ruthless party machine. "The geographical expansion of the BJP is a very significant development," says Mahesh Rangarajan.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-05-07): If one was to go by economic growth figures alone, the Modi government’s performance has been impressive. When Modi came to power in 2014, economic growth was sluggish. A series of high-profile corruption cases led to a loss of investor confidence in the Indian economy. [...] However, recent estimates also suggest that inequality in India is at an all-time high. Growth, when it has occurred, has seemingly been unequal. A key challenge facing the Modi government in its next term will be to convert higher growth into productive jobs while also curbing the excess wealth of India’s economic and political elites.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2021-05-24): On the face of it, the country displays outward continuity. Yet, it is striking that most of Modi’s critics — particularly those located in the Left-liberal bubble overseas —invariably preface their indictment of India’s public life or governance with the label "Modi’s India". This gratuitous tag indicates a belief that India has changed unrecognisably and for the worse. The recent explosion of nostalgia over Delhi’s post-Lutyens embellishments is a prime example of this phenomenon, as were the fulminations over telling Pakistan that bilateral friendship minus good conduct was not India’s obligation. [...] The second big change is the receding tide of corruption. When Modi assumed charge, political corruption had touched dizzy heights. The fear was that the scale of corruption would march in tune with new wealth creation and distort public life hideously. Modi hasn’t ended corruption, but through example, he has purified decision-making at the top and used technology to ensure that entitlements to the poor don’t suffer transmission losses. The success rate is still patchy and there is still miles to go, but at least India has at least begun rolling back corruption. It is political will that has made the difference. [...] In seven years, Modi has changed many of the assumptions that have governed public life. However, it is still work in progress. To endure, Modi’s India will have to define the new heights to scale in 2024.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-06-01): Modi’s campaign began on a platform of economic progress, with vows to uplift the poor and turn India into a developed nation by 2047. But it turned increasingly shrill in recent weeks as Modi escalated polarizing rhetoric in incendiary speeches that targeted the country’s Muslim minority, who make up 14% of India’s 1.4 billion people. [...] At the same time, his rule has seen brazen attacks and hate speech against minorities, particularly Muslims. India’s democracy, his critics say, is faltering and Modi has increasingly blurred the line between religion and state. [...] In 2014, Modi’s status as a political outsider with plans to crack down on deep-rooted corruption won over voters disillusioned with decades of dynastic politics. And in 2019, he swept the polls on a wave of nationalism after his government launched airstrikes into rival Pakistan in response to a suicide bombing in Kashmir that killed 40 Indian soldiers.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-06-04): The shock result sparked feverish celebrations among India’s opposition parties and marked a rare setback for an Indian politician who had never failed to secure a majority in state or national elections over a 23-year political career. As prime minister for the past decade, Modi has cultivated an image as a popular strongman and a serial winner, and most political analysts had expected him to easily brush aside India’s enervated and poorly funded opposition parties once more. [...] Late Tuesday, Modi struck a defiant tone as he presented his leadership as the only choice "if 21st-century India wishes to progress." He emphasized that he would form a new government and work with smaller-party leaders to govern India as a coalition, and he pledged to hit back even harder at the opposition alliance, which he described as corrupt. [...] But as the campaign unfolded, bitter recriminations over India’s religious and caste divides, often fanned by Modi himself, overshadowed discussions about his accomplishments, including improving India’s infrastructure, introducing pro-business policies and enhancing the country’s international image.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-07-28): India has long been described as "the world’s largest democracy," although in recent years, it has experienced significant backsliding: Freedom House, the V-Dem Institute, and the Economist Intelligence Unit have all downgraded India in their rankings, most acutely since 2019, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his second term. Successive Indian governments have weakened human rights, but the process has accelerated under Modi, who has held office since 2014 and limped back last month after an election that saw him lose his governing majority. [...] From early on, Modi saw India’s growing youth population as moldable. Fewer than 10 percent of today’s Indians were born before Nehru—who laid India’s foundational principles of socialism, secularism, and nonalignment—died in 1964. And under Modi, the government has destroyed physical edifices of the Nehru era, undermined norms that governed institutions, and appropriated past achievements as its own. [...] Under Modi, India has detained thousands of government critics, many of whom have yet to face trial. Given that many are arrested under anti-terrorism laws, courts have given the government considerable leeway. Investigative authorities take inordinately long to put together charges. The process is the punishment; according to a report by the Delhi-based People’s Union of Civil Liberties, almost all of those accused have been released or granted bail by the court, but often not until years after they were arrested. Such victims have no remedy; they can’t sue the state. This chills dissent.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-03-29): In line with this popularization of foreign policy, Modi has redefined India’s identity on the world stage from a secular democracy to a Hindu civilizational state. [...] Yet, despite these transformative changes in grand strategy and geopolitics, Modi has not represented much shift. Like his predecessors, Modi has envisaged India as an independent pole in a multipolar world. And in the pursuit of that goal, Modi has also retained India’s long-standing policy of neutrality, non-alignment, and fence-sitting. [...] Even though Modi has made few changes to India’s long-standing strategy of neutrality and independence, his government faces a different set of incentives and interests from those faced by previous governments. As I argued in my 2021 book, "Flying Blind: India’s Quest for Global Leadership," the domestic policies and growth model of a liberal, secular, democratic India had given New Delhi much in common with the norms and values of the West. But in recent years, India’s domestic politics has given Modi increasing common ground instead with countries like China and Russia — on issues such as the regulation of human and business rights, the expansion of state control over sundry policy domains, and the containment of Western values in global governance.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-06-29): On June 8, 2024, Narendra Modi etched his name in the annals of Indian history, surpassing all previous non-Congress prime ministers to become the longest-serving leader in this category. This feat stands as a testament to his grip on the Indian political landscape and his commanding influence over the nation’s domestic affairs. However, as Modi assumes the role of India’s figurehead for the next five years, the future trajectory of India’s foreign policy demands a thorough and multifaceted examination that goes beyond the veneer of his political longevity. [...] Fast forward to the present, and the very countries and leaders who once criticized Modi during his Gujarat days now acknowledge his indispensable role in navigating complex global issues. Ironically, it was Modi’s tenure as chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, marked by his strongman image, that laid the groundwork for his ascent, placing him in the company of assertive leaders like Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Xi Jinping, Sheikh Hasina, Vladimir Putin, and Mohammed bin Salman.
Claim: Modi has set India back by 40 years during his four-year tenure – Raghuram Rajan (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-18)
Evidence (2024-05-16): Narendra Modi’s India: A decade of popularity and polarisation - Published [...] "Mr Modi has done great work. We haven't seen poor people getting so many welfare benefits under any other government," he says. [...] Mr Modi has been helped by the absence of a strong, coherent opposition to challenge him nationally - when he's looked vulnerable they have failed to capitalise.