I was just thinking about what to write next and then I came across an article in economictimes.com about whether IITians should be allowed to do IIMs and whether IIMs should be allowed to take non managerial jobs after graduating. Well I would like to state upfront that I am an IITian and trying desperately to get into IIMs. So my views would be biased and but then whose are not!!! Any comments are more then welcome.
Well to start with where has this question arisen from? Why the thinking that IITs should not do any other thing but technical work!!! (There was a debate few years ago they IITs should be banned from civil services as well). Why this kind of mentality.
I think that there are 2 reasons for this kind of mentality. One being the fact that there is a lot of investment by government on IITs (plus the man hours spent by the Profs. there) and secondly I believe that these are voices raised by people who either can't make it or who don't have the guts to do it. To answer the first I am among the people who believe that government should stop financing the premier institute(IIMs and IITs). They are more than capable of running their own finances. Apart from it I also believe that fees should be increased as no bank in right mind would say no to education loan for a person who is entering either of the Institutes. As for the second reason is concerned I don't think that it is worth discussing. If people like these have problems let them have it.
I also believe that IITs have what is typically known as analytical qualities which they can in fields like I-banking where analytical qualities are required. If you take IITians away from IIMs it would not be as good a place and it would not have as good placements. So IITians in fact help the IIMs make its brand image to a certain extent.
Another point raise in the article was that if you have to choose your own field like making an album then you should not come in IIMs. I saw WTF. Because the guy who does this has some guts which normal IIM grads dont have they should not have done IIMs. I think that it we have more people like these in IIMs it would make it a rocking place to be. I take a bow to these people. To have self belief to quit multi million dollar salaries and do what they want to. This is entrepreneurship at its best. Go guys!! I hope you make big very big to shut up your critics. All the best to you
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well your writeup was quite convincing , but what I would like to say is government spend lot of allocations (public money)on these primier institution so that country gets sufficient experts in technology but if these experts get into another arena, there is no point in spending so much money on IITs. IIms., IISc or any premier Institutions like ICMR/ICAR for eg. most of the students at Indian Agricul Res. Int. doing Ph.D starts concentrating on IAS, so imagine can we expect a technological implimentation in agricultural sectors cz as an IAS officer his/her priorities change(imagine how much of public money would been spent on that student for a particular purpose).
Yes the govt. funds a lot of premier institues which it should not because if you say that they are premier than they should be able to mange their own finances. IIMs have started doing that and I would like IITs to follow.
u people after doing graduation from iits and pg from iims wont stay in INDIA .v the local college people stay here and live her till v die.So u should sign a bond to work in country only...but u intelligent people wont agree for it and just like politicians u fool us..
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