tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post5348283026745923571..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: STIs and HSIsAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-54181837645302223762009-07-15T16:16:36.920+05:302009-07-15T16:16:36.920+05:30@Amrutha: I disagree with the very premise of the ...@Amrutha: I disagree with the very premise of the question. STIs have received more taxpayer money compared to HSIs. While HSIs may be in bad shape, normalised by amount of money spent, STIs I feel are worse off.<br />STIs might produce good engineers and managers (very questionable), but they've hardly produced good engineering or decent management - just look around you! <br />My general point is that its ludicrous to say that STIs are doing much better than HSIs. If I was the government, I'd be more interested in fixing something where I spend a lot more money and get very little in return, i.e., STIs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-21296353777236246232009-07-15T11:12:05.018+05:302009-07-15T11:12:05.018+05:30STIs do not necessarily produce world-class scient...STIs do not necessarily produce world-class scientists. However, they do produce good engineers, and employable managers. Also, there is no question of "abandoning" any institution in favour of another. The question now, is to ensure that HSIs are not completely neglected and that they are given the kind of monetary and infrastructure support they really need.Amruthahttp://blog.amruthaupendran.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-86992570204176487502009-07-14T23:31:00.473+05:302009-07-14T23:31:00.473+05:30why Indian science and technology institutions (ST...<i>why Indian science and technology institutions (STIs) [such as the IITs and IISc] [are] known globally .."</i><br /><br />Huh? And on precisely which globe?<br />Unlike the sciences and engineering, the humanities never claimed to bring any "prosperity"; it is the science and engineering institutions which draw disproportionate amounts of taxpayer money that need to be abandoned first.<br />There are certainly more world-class intellectuals, artists and other humanities types working in India, than there are truly world-class scientists. Enough said ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-15601398936680690782009-07-14T01:10:10.042+05:302009-07-14T01:10:10.042+05:30I must confess to being somewhat disappointed when...I must confess to being somewhat disappointed when I read the full article in the Hindu. The author does not espouse a single cogent reason for why the Indian taxpayer should support humanities education, other than an uninspired remark about how science and technology institutes teach skills (whatever that might mean) and humanities institutions teach how these skills can be put to use for the community. If nothing else that seems to call for more community oriented management programs like those offered in IIMA and IRMA, institutions that are comparable, if not superior, to IITs/IISc in reputation and funding. Also I fail to understand how the author can connect the decline of eastern European countries to their purported lack of support for math, philosophy and music. <br /><br />In a country where a significant proportion of the population cannot feed itself, surely the Government cannot be expected to commit funding resources based on such insipid arguments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-72940515965461979492009-07-12T21:42:45.084+05:302009-07-12T21:42:45.084+05:30This is going to sound like an idiot comment going...This is going to sound like an idiot comment going off on a tangent, but how did you get the sidebar? Do you hand edit HTML or use some fancy client to post blog entries?_https://www.blogger.com/profile/15184479885369099335noreply@blogger.com