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Saturday, December 18, 2004
Exporting the IITs
Indian engineers and techies have been panning out all over the world, and now the institutes that train the best of them might also make that trip. Poornima Joshi writes in Outlook that IIT has now become a powerful brand name, and one that other countries want to associate with. Singapore wants to open an IIT there, and Mauritius, the UAE and Sri Lanka have also made similar proposals.
I can’t wait to see what spin the BJP, always brimming with nationalism, will put on this? Will they be opposed to it as they were opposed to the so-called “brain-drain”, or will they see it as a source of pride? Considering that they aren’t in power right now, I suspect the former. Political stands are never a matter of principle, but of convenience.
I can’t wait to see what spin the BJP, always brimming with nationalism, will put on this? Will they be opposed to it as they were opposed to the so-called “brain-drain”, or will they see it as a source of pride? Considering that they aren’t in power right now, I suspect the former. Political stands are never a matter of principle, but of convenience.
