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From: ams@philabs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: News Bulletin 3/1/86 (from Kapur@ge-crd)
Message-ID: <614@philabs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Mar-86 10:22:47 EST
Article-I.D.: philabs.614
Posted: Sat Mar  8 10:22:47 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Mar-86 01:12:04 EST
Reply-To: ams@philabs.UUCP (Ali Shaik)
Organization: Philips Labs, Briarcliff Manor, NY
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Keywords: Brain Drain (who, me? you're kiddn!)

> According to the Dean of Undergraduate Affairs at
> IIT Delhi, Prof. Ray, "the Indian government must
> do something to tackle with this problem... We
> can ask students seeking admission to the IITs to
> sign a bond to serve the nation for a minimum
> period of 10 yers. I do not know how far this
> wil be successful, but there is no harm in trying
> out a proposal."
> According to a England-based journal Nature, the
> ratio of students returning to India after
> attaining a doctorate degree is only 18%. 

    The honorable professor might not have realized that one major
    reason the IITs are institutes of excellence is the student
    body at each of them. A restriction like this may mean that
    over the long term, those bright students will begin looking elsewhere.

    Living and studying in a foriegn country broadens the mind.
    People who are thus trained are extremely valuable.
    I think that the percentage of people that do go back is sufficient
    repayment for the investment the Indian Govt. puts into each graduate,
    IIT or otherwise. 

    The Taiwaneese, Greek and Turkish Govt's ask for ?two? years
    of military service. 10 years of "serve the nation"? Most people
    would turn to the Indian Institutes of Marketing (I know,..)
    and to careers in selling soaps, instead of doing technical
    things. 

    Ali Shaik     ..ihnp4!philabs!ams