Letter by IIT-K to the President of India
Portion of the strong letter sent by over 125 professors of IIT-Kanpur (from Times of India). Will it have any effect on the jokers in the Govt ? Only hope is the President. (Not sure if Supreme court can question the validity of this destructive law as the Parliament unanimously passed a legislation last year.)
We need a system in place in which such important decisions should be taken to the people of the nation in the form of a ballot and that it should get atleast 2/3rd of total votes in favor. Till then the fate is in the hands of a few just because they won an election.
On a side note, in TamilNadu which already has 60% reservation to various categories, there is a danger of this number going upto 87%.
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As members of an institution that is rated among the best technical universities, we are appalled by the proposed policy of caste-based reservation for OBCs. We believe that such a move at the present stage will be injurious to the IITs.
It will have devastating consequences to the culture of excellence cultivated over half-a-century by generations of dedicated and knowledgeable teachers and tens and thousands of brilliant students of all castes, creeds, linguistic and ethnic groups.
Most IIT Kanpur students overcame poverty, bad schools, many adverse circumstances to compete in a gruelling entrance examination for the right to be there. The admission is blind to caste and indeed to every other criterion except ability.
Thus the distinguishing mark of IIT students is not wealth, privilege or birth but dedication and talent. Into such an environment, introduction of privileges to only particular caste would be travesty.
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We need a system in place in which such important decisions should be taken to the people of the nation in the form of a ballot and that it should get atleast 2/3rd of total votes in favor. Till then the fate is in the hands of a few just because they won an election.
On a side note, in TamilNadu which already has 60% reservation to various categories, there is a danger of this number going upto 87%.
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As members of an institution that is rated among the best technical universities, we are appalled by the proposed policy of caste-based reservation for OBCs. We believe that such a move at the present stage will be injurious to the IITs.
It will have devastating consequences to the culture of excellence cultivated over half-a-century by generations of dedicated and knowledgeable teachers and tens and thousands of brilliant students of all castes, creeds, linguistic and ethnic groups.
Most IIT Kanpur students overcame poverty, bad schools, many adverse circumstances to compete in a gruelling entrance examination for the right to be there. The admission is blind to caste and indeed to every other criterion except ability.
Thus the distinguishing mark of IIT students is not wealth, privilege or birth but dedication and talent. Into such an environment, introduction of privileges to only particular caste would be travesty.
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