tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post1156992923621934301..comments2024-03-27T14:43:28.040+05:30Comments on Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: My visit to Wintec: An Institute focused on industryDheeraj Sanghihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06367519409840642182noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-63985475017100664432011-05-24T00:55:09.170+05:302011-05-24T00:55:09.170+05:30@shaan, I don't think IBM spends 8 billion $ o...@shaan, I don't think IBM spends 8 billion $ on university research. I think that is their total research budget, and the university research support would not be more than one percent of that. But I would like to be corrected.<br /><br />The industry in India is not doing enough to support research. But you can't just blame them. You have to question whether the educational institutions have a sufficiently pro-industry-research attitude and focus on applied research to really be partners with industry.Dheeraj Sanghihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367519409840642182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-1098507551578472652011-05-24T00:53:01.965+05:302011-05-24T00:53:01.965+05:30@Saurabh, one week is minimum. Two weeks is maximu...@Saurabh, one week is minimum. Two weeks is maximum. But if someone has a good proposal to work with industry, can get more leave. The idea is not to do something significant in terms of a project at the industry, but to get exposed to what is it that they are doing. And just think about it. If in one day visit of Wintec, I could get so much information (and I have written about only a small part of what I have learnt), then one can actually learn a lot in one week's time. And most conferences that we normally go to are also one week and less.<br /><br />Polytechnics and ITIs are supposed to impart skills training at different levels. They are expected to work closely with industry, but they don't to the degree that it will be desirable.Dheeraj Sanghihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367519409840642182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-63752474169306908442011-05-24T00:05:37.656+05:302011-05-24T00:05:37.656+05:30Sir, please tell what you think about the role of ...Sir, please tell what you think about the role of industrialists and big companies in the current research levels in India.<br /><br />I recently heard in NEWS that , IBM , spends nearly $8 billion on reearch in foreign universities, which is more than the turnover, of the best company, that comes to IIT to recruit.shaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04800102156994074687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-53890611967310731402011-05-23T21:07:09.561+05:302011-05-23T21:07:09.561+05:30Isn't one week in a year too short to understa...Isn't one week in a year too short to understand anything about a companies current & future problems? Otherwise a brilliant concept! What are polytechnics & ITI's in india supposed to do?Saurabh Nandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00867453089820169282noreply@blogger.com