On Higher Education and Research


  • Education through entrance tests [PDF]
  • In Search Of Excellence [PDF]
  • Private not the same as for profit [PDF]
  • Who’s afraid of foreign universities? [PDF]
  • Reform affiliating-varsity model [PDF]
  • Research-led Institutes are not cheap [PDF]
  • Where is the faculty for new IITs [PDF]
  • Faculty selection must be done on merit alone [PDF]
  • LEADER ARTICLE: Break The Shackles [PDF]
  • Pump priming with US horsepower [PDF]
  • Should IITs and IIMs be allowed to become self-funding [PDF]
  • LEADER ARTICLE: Opening New IITs [PDF]
  • An opportunity to scale up the IITs [PDF]
  • Appraisal to promote R&D in IITs [PDF]
  • Slip Sliding Away [PDF]
  • Opportunity With Quality [PDF]
  • Challenges in Industry-Academia Collaboration [PDF]
  • What autonomy means? [PDF]
  • Doing a PhD in Computer Science in Four Years (after Bachelors) [PDF]
  • Doing a PhD – Preparing for a Career in Research [PDF]
  • Research in IT [PDF]
  • What does the future hold for the IITs? [PDF]
  • The Education Raj [PDF]
  • Research is for geeks...says who? [PDF]
  • Needed A Capability Maturity Model for Engineering Education [PDF]
  • Faculty to the test [PDF]
  • Mental faculty [Web Link]
  • The blind leading [PDF]
  • PhD Programs – the Ignored Imperative [PDF]
  • UG Curriculum: Imperatives for CSE and IITK [Web Link]
  • Role of a Head [Web Link]
  • Creating Precedents and Leadership [Web Link]
  • The Importance of Preserving IITs [Web Link]
  • Promotions [Web Link]
  • Research in CS and Research Careers in India [PDF]

On IT Industry


  • Hidden Benefits of Outsourcing [PDF]
  • Research Investments in Large Indian Software Companies [PDF]
  • Managing Software Product Development – Key Differences from Service Projects [PDF]
  • R&D is more than just a cost centre [PDF]
  • Its quality that has done the trick – developing nations in Asia and Latin America want to replicate Indias story [Web Link]
  • Manpower Shortages Still Plague the Industry [Web Link]
  • Software Industry is Abetting Brain Drain [Web Link]
  • Lets Fight It Out on Their Turf [Web Link]
  • Reprogramming to Upgrade [Web Link]
  • Facts about Software Usage in India [Web Link]
  • Software in India - The Manpower Myth [Web Link]
  • Survey of Indian Computer Professionals/Students in USA about Taking up Employment in India [Web Link]
  • Student-Faculty Ratio at IITs and its Impact [Web Link]
  • Computer Technology in China [Web Link]