Draconian quotas have cast doubt on the ability of the country’s leading universities to compete with the best in the world.
• Daily Telegraph, London
27%reservation for students.....
50%reservation for students....
3 New IIT's
5 New IIT's
50% for faculty also.....
A 100% fee hike...
These are the moves that the Govt has made to make IIT a world class institute which will pave the path for India's growth.
IIT's , as we see today, would not have come up had merit not been the sole criterion. Is the country ready to witness all these fruits of hard labour go to waste by becoming a victim to political opportunism? The OBC category is a fuzzy set and only the creamy layer becomes thicker and thicker leaving behind the poor in all categories.
As the county moves towards a knowledge economy, excellence is to be nurtured more than anything else. Moreover, the history of the country for the last six decades has proved that excellence is NOT the monopoly of any caste or religion.
This is also evident in all the central institutions of higher education and research. For the first time after Independence, India has the chance of excelling with a huge mass of young talent pool. To squander this golden opportunity now is sheer intellectual hara-kiri.
The worst part is that we havn't been able to anything to prevent the destruction of our own institute.
DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF THE NATION
