I do not know exactly why I am being driven or motivated to write this small post. Perhaps one reason can be the expectations of people of our country from IITians. For some people, IITians are the role models, while for others they are just a bunch of "Intelligent people" who fall prey to the lure of huge package and forget their the so called "Social Responsibility". I do not know which way to go !!!!! Hence it is an small effort form my side to put forth my views and hope to find the answer regarding the validity of the views of different sections of people.
The placement for the year 2012 is on its way. Many many congratulations and good wishes to them from my side. Its only 2-3 days and some students got placed in companies like FB, GS, DB, Schluberger, Mitsubishi and many more on the list. If we look at the average package of these (above mentioned) companies, the average package is around 20 lpa (Caution:This is not the final average package for IIT). As the placement session ends, perhaps all gets placed in some company or the other. I do not know the exact percentage of students placed in their respective core companies, however, it will not be wrong to say that the % is quite less because of the not-so-handsome package that these companies offer.
Lets come to main point directly i.e the topic under consideration. To defend this aspect, I would very promptly say that IIT was established to produce leaders in different fields (not necessarily engineering) so that with the skill they developed in the IIT Curriculum, they make an impact not only at the national but at the international level too. It is through their hard labour that they have come to this stage. Thus by entering in any multinational companies (MNCs), they are proving their mettle and will contribute in the growth of a company. Also it must be borne in mind that these people have to undergo several tests, interviews to finally get selected. So, at every stage, IITians are proving their capability and leadership too. At 21 or so, being a part of a MNC and contributing in its day to day affairs speaks a lot on itself. So, no doubt on leadership too..!!!!! HENCE the aim of producing these IIT ians gets fulfilled... Right!!!!
Contrary to it there are other views too floating in the educational market. It says the IITs are just a manufacturer of "items or products" for these MNCs. What's the use of having such people in the country or their leadership who are serving only their purpose and hardly care for those who have contributed to their "Subsidised" education. According to Harish Hande, a Ramon Magsaysay Award Winner and an IIT Khargpur alumni, IITians are a "Product of Subsidy" of the tax payers which consists of 70% of the poor people in India. He believes they got a chance to come to IIT just because 600 million Indians did not have the opportunity to prove themselves. In other words, the other part of India are too unprivileged to even participate in the day to day affairs of our country. So isn't it the responsibility of these IIT ians to use their "high level intelligence" to solve the problems of rural India so that they can also play in the frontfoot? If these IITians will not solve the problems of India. no one else will probably. US and Europe are already too developed and they do not need us the extent to which India needs them. So, a small conclusion can be drawn from here: There is a fight between personal gain and country's well being. We the people of India have become so concerned about our personal well being that we at most of the time forget our Social Responsibility whether it is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or any other. A lady reader once said "These corporates exploit the poor men for their personal growth in the day time and at night they draw their curtains to avoid those poor on the road sleeping under the streetlight". Hence, we really need a transformed India where even a small worker who works on daily wage to have the minimum requirements of life. We desperately need an ecosystem so that India can retain its manpower specially these IITians so that they contribute in providing a feasible solution to the problems of India.
Solving a critical book question is good but the need of the hour is to solve the real problems we are facing.
I will pen down my writing with my last statement. A social enterpreneur once said humourously " IITians generally move away from our country or work in other areas just because they are afraid of solving the real life problems and make themselves comfortable with the corporate world which pays them handsomely".
Note: Constructive views are welcomed and appreciated.
Note: Constructive views are welcomed and appreciated.
