Baruah, I agree with you that the past performance/behavior does not predict the future trend. However it would be naive to state that none of the good quality institutions will be in India 20 years from now. I understand the core of some of these institutions having involved in sponsoring and mentoring some of the research activities. So I will not make a generic prediction.
BTW, let's raise the fundamental question. What are we doing with basic education up to class X? The high school dropout rate in India is about 93%. It would be wise to think about how to educate a regular kid in India so that he or she can earn his or her livelihood. I would say teaching someone how to cut a bevel gear using a milling machine would be very useful in that context. Let's get real here by removing our academic elite hat. We can count on number of people doing so called ground breaking research. The number would be less than one percent. About 98% of people do grant work leaving asides executives. We need to focus on making this major section of the population productive through good eduction in high schools and colleges. Regards, Dhiraj --- On Sun, 10/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [asom] Negative mention about Ghy in article To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 6:46 PM There is no doubt that some places in India have done phenomenal work while excelling in teaching. But the issue is how to build institutional cultures where good work can happen and the next generation can take it from there. I suspect that you can for instance, pick out a few institutions in the world doing good quality work today and predict that 20 years from now say 50 Nobel prizes will go to 50 of those people, wherever they are. You cannot say who would be the individuals, but it would be safe to predict that they will be among the people from those institutions. I doubt if any of those institutions will be in India. Though there will be some Indians and some of them are likely to be at those institutions. You think this thought experiment is right? I think geniuses are not born they are made. We should not be talking about world-class institutions loosely without considering such issues. Good wishes, SB ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/assamonline/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
