[Reader-list] Shame on IITs

[Baruk S. Jacob]

hi radhika,

the point, i think, was not reservations for students, but reservations for teaching positions in the IITs.

regards,

~baruk

http://bottlebroke.blogspot.com


--- On Fri, 7/18/08, radhikarajen at vsnl.net <radhikarajen at vsnl.net> wrote:

> From: radhikarajen at vsnl.net <radhikarajen at vsnl.net>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Shame on IITs
> To: b_a_r_u_k at yahoo.com
> Cc: "sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>, "Ranjith Thankappan" <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
> Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 12:35 PM
> Reservation and quota is needed, BUT NOT for the individuals
> of any caste or faith, IT IS needed to the funds in national
> exchequer to provide basic education to all, to give them
> opportunity to improve the skill sets, then best of all
> communities and castes and faiths will have equal
> opportunity to study any professional course with better
> grasp and capacity to learn.
> 
>    Present system of langda HRD is only to garner votes
> with the guise of uplifting the downtrodden, but in
> reality, the individuals who get seats can not cope up as
> the fundamental education that they got is skewed,
> lopsided.
> 
>   Regards.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Baruk S. Jacob"
> <b_a_r_u_k at yahoo.com>
> Date: Friday, July 18, 2008 12:09 pm
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Shame on IITs
> To: sarai <reader-list at sarai.net>, Ranjith Thankappan
> <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
> 
> > Hi Ranjith,
> > 
> > Read the article with interest-I am in the strange
> position of 
> > having seen both sides of the reservation debate, and
> am yet to 
> > really make up my mind. A snippet caught my eye,
> though, 
> > 
> > "IIT-Delhi professor Pankaj Jalote said
> reservation for students 
> > had to be viewed differently from faculty reservation.
> In case of 
> > students, he said, there is no compromise on the
> quality of 
> > education. "But if selection of faculty is done
> on anything else 
> > but merit, it will affect education,"
> > 
> > Do you disagree with this? 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > ~Baruk
> > 
> > http://bottlebroke.blogspot.com
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Fri, 7/18/08, Ranjith Thankappan
> <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in> 
> > wrote:
> > > From: Ranjith Thankappan
> <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
> > > Subject: [Reader-list] Shame on IITs
> > > To: "sarai"
> <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > > Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 8:37 AM
> > > hi
> > > Few days back Manuwadi director (former) of IIT
> Madras made
> > > a comment “'HRD minister has injected AIDS
> into
> > > IITs” (Please visit this link for news
> > > 
> >
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/HRD_minister_has_injected_AIDS_into_IITs/articleshow/3176486.cms)>
> 
> > >  
> > > these are the kind of "meritorious"
> Directors
> > > available to IITs. No wonder IITs produce IT
> koolies for
> > > the developed world and degraded to the extent of
> > > brahmanism. what a shame!!
> > > regards
> > > 
> > > 
> > >       Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to
> > > http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/
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