This is one of the best thing the IIT Almni friends do for Indians towards increasing Indian economy. I hope all big gaints help Indians to grow among the best of the world.
Regards Shankaraiah K M.Tech IIT-Kharagpur Batch: 1999-2001
Congrats to the IIT alumni for making your august presence felt in the American society !
Ironically, it has been around 50 years of the existence of IITs, however, unlike similar institutions in its genre (MIT, UCLA .....) we are yet to see a Nobel laureate from the IITs who have made significant contribution to mankind in the field of science and technology.
This is a marvelous efforts by my IIT Alumni friends whose hardworks will bring a sea-change in the present day changing environment in technology, education, industry, society in all over the earth, it won't be confined in India or in any one particular country. As addressed by Bill Gates on the huge contribution of IITians in the development of his Company as well as USA, the contributions of IITs are very much felt in all developing countries of Asia, Africa and American Continents also. Now I myself being a proud IITian, very strongly feel the urge to contribute for the global society through the teachings and values taught in IIT. Myself being in my early forty years of age bracket, very strongly feel the urge for the CHANGE MANAGEMENT needs for the betterment of the society, fight against corruption, crime, underhand dealings etc which plays a big role as barrier against DEVELOPMENT of the society. IITs have been developped based on the age-old Indian Culture, Indian Philosophy and teachings from the Vedas and Upanishads and I am pretty sure that IITians are carrying out these teachings all over the Globe. I wish very best of luck to all my alumni friends.
It is very often observed on Rediff that people bend the facts too much to prove their point. One case is about the population of India living in villages. Just to make the background too dark so that the brightness of IITian's achievements can be increased, the author says more than 80% of Indian population lives in villages which is a blatant lie! Even in 1991, census the population living in urban areas was 26.1% which has certainly increased in last 14 years. (Officially, a locality of above 5000 is defined urban.) Truelly the emphasis is on an entirely different aspect but you can't bend facts as you wish and serve the people.
MIT, and other ivy league schools have played a significant role in what United States is today. The only way IITians (please read IITians settled abroad) are impacting India is the donations to improve ONLY THE I.I.T infrastructure which indirecly exports 90% of their graduates to help U.S.A march ahead. The subsidised fees still come out of the heavily burdened Indian taxpayer's pockets. The real players (settled abroad) who are changing India are the I.T professionals (majority of them paid their own fees to get educated from non-elite schools), the non educated gulf labor who send their hard earned money as NRI deposits-loan to help gov improve infrastructure and do a zillion things. As media why cant u concentrate on the I.I.Tians or other (non-eltist) schools graduates who are still in India and trying to make things happen.
RE:what difference is this to India
by Madhusudhan Chellappa on May 22, 2005 04:27 AM
I think Rohit's message was quite brutal and a generalization but unfortunately very close to the truth as well. Most people look out for themselves and IIT'ans have done just that. I dont think we should grudge them their success. Congratulations to them on their success. But if we believe that somehow IITans have had something to do with our progress over the last decade or will somehow make India a force for the future, it would be delusional. These institutions have produced some very well trained and talented engineers who went on to have great careers, mostly abroad. I doubt if all the IITs put together have had the impact that MIT, Chennai has had on science and technology innovation IN India for instance.
