“We are all hypocrites. We cannot see
ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others.”
I suppose it is high time that
Government should discontinue funding IITs and run it like private institution.
Premium fees should be charged like Harvard, Stanford and use the proceeds for
funding primary education in India.
Bright students should be
provided scholarships and rest has to pay the tuition fees at Market rate.
Primary reason being there is no
data available with respect to economic status of the students participating in
these institutions.
This was taken up in this post
based on the hunger strike undertaken by IIT Kharagpur students for increase in
registration free from Rs.29,000 to Rs.37,000 (reported on December 21,2016). Also, to be
noted that in April 2016 there was a protest for increase in fee from Rs.0.90
lakhs to Rs.2 lakhs.
They never fast when:
- These bright engineering graduates pay fees of one lakh on an average to IIT Coaching centers (Bansals, Resonance, Allen Careers etc.) or when there is increase in their fees.
- One of the students gets highest domestic package of Rs.42 lakhs and international package of Rs.1.54 crores (approx.) for 2016.
- They go to Harvard/Stanford/Princeton and pay hefty fees to them for higher qualifications.
- Thanks to this elite degree at a subsidized rate and their God Gifted Talent they rise up to become CEOs / CTOs of private organizations and obtain crores as salaries.
Remember, Mr. Sundar Pichai, Google
CEO was paid USD 100 Million (Rs.667 crores) for 2015 and is expected to
receive USD 200 Million for 2016.
Here I am reminded of Seneca:
“Greed’s worst point is its
ingratitude”
“The bounty of nature is too
little for the greedy person”
Many of the graduates from IITs
will state that they return back to society by way of donation to their
Institutions. For this charity which they state I like to remind them:
“There is nobody in this country
who got rich on their own. Nobody. You built a factory out there - good for
you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on roads the rest
of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe
in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us
paid for. You didn't have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize
everything at your factory... Now look. You built a factory and it turned into
something terrific or a great idea - God bless! Keep a hunk of it. But part of
the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for
the next kid who comes along.”
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