Galvanizing Electrochemical Education

Didactic educational opportunities in traditional domains of knowledge can be victims of slow penetration of new ideas and concepts. This is particularly manifested in areas such as electrochemistry that have for long remained supportive subjects rather than main courses. Although electrochemistry is pushing the technological envelope in no uncertain measure, the latest being its foray into the nanodomain, the subject remains largely unheralded. The conspicuous absence of a formal educational base for electrochemistry can potentially lead to loss of institutional knowledge, pulling the subject back further. Electrochemistry being a connector of disparate but key subject areas, there is an urgent need to produce a genre of flag bearers in the form of educators, scientists, engineers, technology leaders, and innovators who can steer the course of civilization through electrochemistry. Our thesis in this perspective is the need to position electrochemistry as a central subject. We also discuss challenges in teaching it and possible ways to surmount them.