tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post113759388955948711..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: 'Break the shackles'Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1137843037455987142006-01-21T17:00:00.000+05:302006-01-21T17:00:00.000+05:30Shivam: In what I said ("You can get the public op...Shivam: In what I said ("You can get the public opinion (at least, that of prominent people such as Narayana Murthy) behind you"), where do I imply that "Narayana Murthy equals public"?<BR/><BR/>Well, I wouldn't be so hard on the IIMs for their choice to open a satellite centre in Singapore. I can see many benefits accruing to the IIMs and their faculty. As for what 'such a mindset [will] do if the IIMs were to be private", you and I wouldn't care too much about it, would we? After all, I didn't choose to write about what S.P. Jain is doing.<BR/><BR/>Anup: My view on tuition fee subsidies in higher education (and MBA is even higher than mere 'higher education') is that it is unjustified. This view is based simply on the fact that only a tiny minority gets to enjoy it and its fruits; currently, it's about 6% at UG level, and even smaller at a higher level. The payoff in getting an MBA at IIMs is so huge that banks would love to give you an education loan. <BR/><BR/>Endowments are a different problem; our government does shackle our IITs and IIMs when it comes to building up their corpus funds. IIMs, for example, cannot build it to beyond 250 million rupees.<BR/><BR/>Let us not talk about people's mindsets here, shall we? As I said, the IIMs are doing what they perceive to be good for them. Yes, in this particular case, it would have been nice if they had not chosen to go to Singapore. Yes, I think it's a bad move. But no, it doesn't mean that we can question their collective mindset. <BR/><BR/>Shivam: Hi, again! The ToI editorial was about how the education system would flourish if only the government unshackled it. In this discussion, the editorialists sneaked in the bit about the IIMs, which irritated the hell out of me. I think the IIM thingy is not all that hot or important. The management education sector is probably the free-est of them all, but you are right: it doesn't seem to have done it a great deal of good.<BR/><BR/>'iipbrig'? Google does have a sense of humour, doesn't it? ;-)Abihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1137749218864407062006-01-20T14:56:00.000+05:302006-01-20T14:56:00.000+05:30another point Abi. How exactly has the govt shackl...another point Abi. How exactly has the govt shackled managment education, given that any private sector person has the right to open a managment institutes? That none of them has been able to rival the IIM's is another matter, Arindam Chaudhuri's claims notwithstanding!<BR/><BR/>My word verification was iipbrjg!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1137684952628422872006-01-19T21:05:00.000+05:302006-01-19T21:05:00.000+05:30Even without complete autonomy, IIMs are recognize...Even without complete autonomy, IIMs are recognized to be a high class management institutes. While they might be able to do better if taken private, I am truly concerned that tuitions might rise exponentially in the absense of government subsidies. This will certainly prevent many deserving candidates from pursuing studies at the best Indian management schools. I am yet to see a persuasive proposal that will resolve inequity that might arise as a result of privatization of IIMs/IITs. Endowment building should precede any demands for complete autonomy.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, Shivam point out nicely that there may be something wrong with the mindset that envisions setting up an IIM in Singapore when there is so much demand in India.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-1137669296638765672006-01-19T16:44:00.000+05:302006-01-19T16:44:00.000+05:30Interesting post.Two questions:1) Are you saying t...Interesting post.<BR/><BR/>Two questions:<BR/><BR/>1) Are you saying that public opinion = Narayan Murthy?! Who is Narayana Murthy? Why do some people regard him as god? Why should his personal opinion influence public policy and thus my life?<BR/><BR/>2) What do you think of the kind of <I>mindset</I> that wants an IIM in Singapore even as the demand in India is far from met? What causes such myopia? And what will such a mindset do if the IIM's were to be private?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com