Hi Fred, Thanks for the info. IIT Kharagpur was my alma mater. It was the biggest and oldest of all IITs. To put it very simply IITians are not nerds. They are the best and brightest brains in India and the world. The sports facilities available to IITians are better than the sport facilities available to our national teams. Having lived through both these realms, I can attest to that. There may be an opportunity for overseas Goans and Indians to exploit an IIT career - and investiigate the possibilities !
This email will go a long way in increasing IIT awareness among Goans and the Goan students who often confuse IITs with the ITIs (Indian Technical Institutes that is, which produce the fitters, plumbers, electricians, machinists, etc. who work for the IIT graduate engineers). Goa has led the way with the first IITian to become Chief Minister of an Indian State - Manohar Parrikar. The late Prime Minister Charan Singh's son and former Union Minister Chaudhary Ajit Singh was also a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. Victor Menezes, the former CEO of Citibank was an Electrical Engineering graduate of IIT Bombay. The current Jesuit provincial of Western India, Fr. Francis D'Mello was also an Electrical Engineering graduate of IIT Bombay. Ashank Desai (of Britona, Goa) who is the founder and CEO of high flying software company Mastek, Inc. is also a graduate of IIT Bombay. There have been numerous very successful Goan Graduates of the IITs. To name just a few from among my contemporaries - from IIT Kharagpur we have Mark Fernandes, Thomas Lobo, Mario Moniz, Victor Nazareth, Prashant Sanzgiri, Vasant Phadte, Angelo Mascarenhas and his brother Ronald Mascarenhas, Luis Misquitta, Carmo D'Cruz and many others. From IIT Bombay we have Tony Coutinho, Manohar Parrikar, Fr. Francis D'Mello, Victor Menezes, Manuel Pontes, Ashank Desai, and many others who have graduated from these and other IITs. Of course we need more Goan Youth to graduate from the IITs if Goa is to lead India and the world in this high tech economy and become the "California" of India. They can get admission into the IITs through the Joint Entrance Exam after 12th Standard or enter the graduate M.Tech programs after the Bachelor's degree in Engineering or the Sciences. I recommend that Goan IITians launch an IIT awareness campaign in Goa. Thanks for your expose of the IITs in the Goa Media - it will surely increase awareness and pave the way for Goa and Goans to lead India in the high tech economy. Best Regards, Dr. Carmo D'Cruz Goan, IITian Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. >From: "Frederick \"FN\" Noronha" >To: "CARMO DCRUZ" >Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:48:49 +0530 > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > >Today's featured article >Main Building of IIT Kharagpur >The Indian Institutes of Technology are a group of seven autonomous >engineering and technology-oriented institutes of higher education >established by the Government of India. These institutes were created >to train scientists and engineers, with the aim of developing a >skilled workforce to underpin India's economic and social development >after independence in 1947. IIT Kharagpur was the first IIT to be >established, in 1951. Each IIT is an autonomous university, linked to >the others through a common IIT Council, which oversees their >administration. They have a common admission process, using the Joint >Entrance Examination to select around 4,000 candidates a year. About >15,500 undergraduate and 12,000 graduate students study in the seven >IITs, in addition to research scholars. The success of the IITs has >led to the creation of similar institutes in other fields, such as the >National Institutes of Technology, the Indian Institutes of Management >and the Indian Institute of Information Technology. (more...) > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
