It has often been debated whether institutions of higher learning like IITs and IIMs have failed in instilling ethical behaviour in their students. Though one may argue that brilliance has no correlation with morality, it disturbs us whenever we come across an IITian or IIMite who has achieved "success" by transcending acceptable standards of decency.
The names of Rajat Gupta and Ravi Rishi readily come to our mind. The former has allegedly abetted Raj Rajaratnam in scandalous insider deals. Ravi Rishi owns the UK-based $800 mn Vectra Group that is alleged to have adopted controversial methods to market Tatra army trucks to the Indian Army. Both Rajat Gupta and Ravi Rishi are 'distinguished alumni' of IIT Delhi.
IIT Delhi has ofcourse produced many engineers of unsullied reputation. This list includes Raghuram Rajan, Y C Deveshwar, M S Banga, Vinod Khosla, Rajendra S Pawar and Padmasree Warrior. But it is a cause for concern if the institute produces even one morally distorted apple.
The names of Rajat Gupta and Ravi Rishi readily come to our mind. The former has allegedly abetted Raj Rajaratnam in scandalous insider deals. Ravi Rishi owns the UK-based $800 mn Vectra Group that is alleged to have adopted controversial methods to market Tatra army trucks to the Indian Army. Both Rajat Gupta and Ravi Rishi are 'distinguished alumni' of IIT Delhi.
IIT Delhi has ofcourse produced many engineers of unsullied reputation. This list includes Raghuram Rajan, Y C Deveshwar, M S Banga, Vinod Khosla, Rajendra S Pawar and Padmasree Warrior. But it is a cause for concern if the institute produces even one morally distorted apple.
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There are many more like these from the IITs and IIMs who head the corporate world. Luckily our country is secular, this group woulsd have ended up settin up an AJMAL KASAAB manufacturing factories. Their prime jobs as corporate heads is to tune down and then close a working division , by throwing out a highly skilled work force and then shifting the division to some other country. They do it so fast that an ordinary skilled worker does not know where to go the next morning. Perhaps when that other country occupies our motherland this lot will either run away to SWITZERLAND or help that occupier.
There are many more like these from the IITs and IIMs who head the corporate world. Luckily our country is secular, this group woulsd have ended up settin up an AJMAL KASAAB manufacturing factories. Their prime jobs as corporate heads is to tune down and then close a working division , by throwing out a highly skilled work force and then shifting the division to some other country. They do it so fast that an ordinary skilled worker does not know where to go the next morning. Perhaps when that other country occupies our motherland this lot will either run away to SWITZERLAND or help that occupier.
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