tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post8607791298391387627..comments2024-03-29T11:45:43.197+05:30Comments on Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: Study in IndiaDheeraj Sanghihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06367519409840642182noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-37149536903074902642018-06-25T02:09:26.543+05:302018-06-25T02:09:26.543+05:30@Rahul, I don't think you have understood my c...@Rahul, I don't think you have understood my comment. When I say bring back these 1 lakh students, what I mean is that create conditions in the country that every year 1 lakh students need not go abroad for higher studies.Dheeraj Sanghihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367519409840642182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-83077317999701030552018-06-16T23:41:04.219+05:302018-06-16T23:41:04.219+05:30I agree we need to bring back large number of Indi...I agree we need to bring back large number of Indian students studying abroad, to widen our research and knowledge base. But we should be cautious as well of not discouraging students who decided to stay back. See any recent faculty recruited to IIT or NIT and you will find him having a foreign degree. Good, we are able to get them back. But what happen to our PhDs who toiled hard with the system. Do they not deserve a equal footing?<br /><br />I am not questioning your decision about choosing a researcher with foreign exposure. But feeling sad to realize that those who stayed back in India and did work, are worthless in eyes of their own faculties/guides.<br /><br />Sir, I will very eagerly wait for your blog on faculty recruitment, as you are among the people to choose teachers/researchers for tomorrow.<br /><br />Thanking you<br />RahulRahul Agrawalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07507554541604013353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-68270611442137888542018-05-18T17:01:59.881+05:302018-05-18T17:01:59.881+05:30Is there a scale indigineously develeoped by India...Is there a scale indigineously develeoped by India which shall be even extended to India , China like GRE | GMAT and Even SAT all these are US admninstered tests and we should have a similar designed administered tests develeoped by India ( as an Apex council) extended to SAARC nation and China as well through a knowledge consortium. If we do this - India can be an competitive hub by merit and knowledge as core element to choose .<br />More thoughts to add. <br />Regards <br />Prof. Iyer .<br />Faculty - Employability , Test.preps. Skill Development and Academic project consultant.<br />+91-9920392890Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477084764661637509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-64303942602501337322018-05-17T20:46:51.619+05:302018-05-17T20:46:51.619+05:30I agree with the observation that for undergrad ad...I agree with the observation that for undergrad admissions, rule for many is: if admitted to a good school in India, choose India for undergrad, else consider US (assuming of course family can afford US undergrad education). gaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702819517555042109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-64154191961438940762018-05-17T19:46:22.468+05:302018-05-17T19:46:22.468+05:30@Gagan and @Varun, I am fully aware of the high pa...@Gagan and @Varun, I am fully aware of the high paying jobs after a foreign degree. And yet my contention is that a large number of people going for under-graduate education these days would have gladly stayed back if they had access to quality education in India, and gone for Masters degree abroad. By some accounts, almost 1 lakh students are going abroad for under-graduate education abroad every year. I don't have any scientific study to back up my claim, but I have talked to many 12th class students planning to go abroad, and they tell me this. Of course, the possibility of emigration or at least doing a job for a few years is making it possible for some families who would have otherwise found it extremely difficult to support foreign education to still send their kids abroad.Dheeraj Sanghihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367519409840642182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-73974735624087308312018-05-17T18:44:42.363+05:302018-05-17T18:44:42.363+05:30I find it a little surprising that you do not ment...I find it a little surprising that you do not mention the elephant in the room, i.e. high quality paying jobs. <br />Most of our countrymen who go abroad for education (the bulk at masters and undergrad level) do so for getting OPT/work visa's which are near impossible to get after applying from India. Maybe a tiny silver, wants better education but more and large it is all about jobs.<br />I agree with your central premise that more needs to be done in order to improve our institutes, but in my opinion if the economy is booming and India becomes a desirable location for expats, everyone would flock to our universities.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855251110515944369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-72863078838302120952018-05-17T18:38:02.933+05:302018-05-17T18:38:02.933+05:30This is a comment from one of the 100,000 IIT grad...This is a comment from one of the 100,000 IIT graduates outside India, specific to ``how many will like their son/daughter to come and study in an IIT for a semester or so''. Well, from an academic view-point, I will be happy to see my own son spend a semester in an IIT -- IMO, academic standards and quality of peers are top notch. The problem is that for a 18 year old who has grown up entirely in the US, it is hard to adjust in India. We/he struggle(s) with it during a short visit to India, so 4-5 months is just not on the cards. <br /><br />Though I do not disagree with the premise of the article, and especially about need for access as well as quality in the Indian system, reason for Indian students going abroad is more than academics. Settling abroad with (what seems like) higher standard of living is a big factor. I see that parents in India view a child (son?) settled in US as a good financial security in their old age. gaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702819517555042109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-71029300664178551242018-05-17T14:59:47.564+05:302018-05-17T14:59:47.564+05:30@Sriharsha, those who have the option of studying ...@Sriharsha, those who have the option of studying in India and abroad, if they still choose going abroad, it is an indicator of attractiveness of our educational institutions. Remember, the person in another country has exactly the same option - whether to study in his own country, or come to India or go to some other country. So if our own people (only those who have the option are being considered) are not choosing our institutions, how can we expect foreigners to choose our institutions. To me, our students going abroad in such large numbers is an indicator of quality of our own institutions.<br /><br />Next, I am asking the question, why do we not have quality institutions. We don't have them since they are expensive. Our politics is such that it is acceptable to have uniformly poor quality of education for everyone but it is not acceptable that only the rich gets quality education and the poor does not. So to have quality institutions in India, we will have to come up with some funding mechanism that allows poor students access to such high quality institutions. Without such an access mechanism for poor, we simply won't be able to build quality institutions and we won't be able to attract foreign students.Dheeraj Sanghihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367519409840642182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-14131120819796656342018-05-17T14:21:43.650+05:302018-05-17T14:21:43.650+05:30Are you talking about poor getting quality educati...Are you talking about poor getting quality education OR people going abroad for studies? <br />Poor students anyway will not go abroad for studies.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-53597528544425211112018-05-17T14:21:04.547+05:302018-05-17T14:21:04.547+05:30Are you talking about poor getting quality educati...Are you talking about poor getting quality education OR people going abroad for studies? <br />Poor students anyway will not go abroad for studies.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com