tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post7467663815147641015..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Patwatoli Village: Bihar's academic hothouseAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-68122331919075192102009-09-04T09:56:25.512+05:302009-09-04T09:56:25.512+05:30The BBC guy also refers to the IIT in Calcutta. C...The BBC guy also refers to the IIT in Calcutta. Clearly not much fact-checking there. <br /><br />Here's an <a href="http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?216526" rel="nofollow">older article</a> from Outlook on Patwatoli. Makes you wonder, if they can do it, why can't others? Proves that it's nurture, not nature. Somehow the right environment has come in place at Patwatoli.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-79373353501697745722009-09-04T07:48:35.001+05:302009-09-04T07:48:35.001+05:30Though rhetorically that is a correct question but...Though rhetorically that is a correct question but I would still say that the near-term goal should be get the infrastructural conditions and performance to the level of many of the middle-ranking US univs. Once that momentum is set then the rest of benefits should follow. Nobel prize is mostly individualistic achievements on the shoulder of giantsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com