Comments on: India’s Desperate Talent Search

By: A good analysis on India’s innovation gap | Thought Stream: Nitin Badjatia's Weblog

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:06:20 +0000

[...] – this one on the talent crunch in India. You can read that here. Linked via Atanu Dey’s post which also brings up a lot of valid points. Filed under: India, India Education, Innovation by [...]

By: lurker

lurker — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:40:50 +0000

I am quite pessimistic in this regard.

Just let Mayawati become the Prime Minister, and we will have a wonderful india of her dreams.

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The Talent Vacuum « ThinkChange India — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:03:14 +0000

[...] why aren’t we seeing significant tides of change? Atanu Dey argues the following: Upton Sinclair had noted that it is difficult to get a man to understand [...]

By: Raghuveer

Raghuveer — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:02:31 +0000

Am not sure I share your optimism about industry driving education. Maybe in the IT and a few other ‘directly employable’ sectors where it doesn’t take much to train.

But what about fundamental research areas which are the foundation for any progress? Who would take the initiative in correcting basic education (where the real problem lies) where the returns are not forthcoming or immediately apparent?

By: tarang_72

tarang_72 — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:27:16 +0000

I dont understand what stops industry from involving themselves with education institutes. IT companies always complain about quality of students and spend lot of money on 2-3 months initial training which (when i attended) was a mere paid vacation. They can divert that focus to education institutes; help in preparation of syllabus, provide training on latest tools and technologies and i am sure there is a very feasible business case for them.

I had a totally different experience when i did my masters at CMU. I worked on various assignments directly working with industry. My final project was to suggest pricing for a product for a startup and the company brought their investors to our presentation. I am sure that model can be easily replicated in India without any change in govt policies.

By: Atanu Dey

Atanu Dey — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:26:46 +0000

AGWorld, I agree that my optimism may have something to do with JP’s adda being a very conducive place to hang out at.

I cannot disagree with about Raul Maino’s incentives. That’s just the way it is . . .

By: AGWorld

AGWorld — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:56:50 +0000

perhaps your optimism is the direct result of being in a nice “hangout joint” )

Remember that the Raul Mainos of the world have every incentive to keep education as it is (despite his public statement to the contrary).
It is the only way genetically endowed, but otherwise vacuous folk like him will do “india discovery” darshans and get voted into power.

After all, if people really get an education, without their blinkers (a.k.a. indian history), wont they vote Raul and his ilk out of power?

No?