INTRODUCTION: - HISTORY OF IITS
IIT'S Yesterday- Today -Tomorrow
DEFINING Yesterday- Today -Tomorrow
AUTONOMY - Yesterday- Today -Tomorrow
NATIONAL INTEGRATION
IIT ENTRANCE EXAM - Yesterday- Today -Tomorrow
FACULTY QUALITY - Yesterday- Today -Tomorrow
FACULTY SALARIES - Yesterday- Today -Tomorrow
STUDENT QUALITY - Yesterday- Today -Tomorrow
GOVT FUNDING - Yesterday Today Tomorrow
KOTA COACHING SCHOOLS ( Rs One Crore Salaries )
MERITOCRACY & RESERVATION IN IITS
SUICIDES IN IITS
IIT BRAND - ALUMI FLY THE IIT FLAGS
GLOBALISATION -Yesterday- Today -Tomorrow
IIT BRAND Yesterday- Today -Tomorrow
LOOKING AHEAD INTO THE FUTURE
About me:
Born after WW II & Before Independence. Born a True Blue Nationalist.
My Mum & Dad Carried me to the very first Independence Day Parade in 1947 at Port Blair Andamans which was occupied by Japanese who brutalised locals Indians
Born a Hindi speaking Kalapani in Port Blair to Telugu Parents schooled in Tamil speaking Madras, married to a Bong from Malaysia with one tonne of Malayalee friends.
Born a Hindu in our home, opposite a Mosque in Port Blair, studied at a Catholic school, believe in God and all religions as different paths to the same destination.
To me there is only one God.
Love is God and Truth is God and my inner conscience is God.
Don't believe in Religious Rituals which are more like offering Bribes in return for special Favours.
What am I ? I am what you call "AVIAL" down South a Mixed vegetable curry with curds or "INDIAN" in the True sense and a Sai Devotee ( but onlky since year 2000. (He guides me every day virtually in my dreams. Believe it or not.)
In 2003 Satyendra Dubey was Murdered for reporting Corruption in National Highways. I was the lucky one who got away in 1976 after having a knife put to my throat two times for fighting corruption in TN Housing Board and TN Highways.
Many Desis tell me Rambo you are an NRI - "Not Really Indian" because you ran away from India for a better life; we stayed back and served the nation. I don't say this but think to myself "What a Wonderful World" that these Desis have forgotten that Gandhi too was an NRI.
Yes I call Australia Home but Doston "Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani" Every living day I keep thinking why cant we do this in India
Things I hate "Money, Power and Praise" People want to buy power with money and People in Power want to misuse power to grab money. Money and Power both Corrupt.
Too much praise can get to ones head swollen out of proportion too.
I was Home schooled and joined in 4th std at age seven in Port Blair. Topped every subject but got Zero very poor for Hindi and Failed. Not my fault. Only Hindi was available as second language not that my mother taught me any language. she focussed on English and Maths. Head Mistress Mrs Sandal took pity on me and created a special prize for excellence to give me.
Joined St Bedes High School in Madras in 5th Std, ranked 8th in 3rd quarterly, 2nd in final exam. From 6th std to 10th std I topped the Class.
My secret to this success was my Mothers words of Wisdom. Don't memorise things blindly start from first principles and think logically. This Mantra worked at school but was the reason I drowned at IITM. I never developed the art of Memorising anything except Poetry.
To be a Topper at IIT one has to have very high IQ but also be a Nerd to cram notes and regurgitate. If IIT education was based on projects and innovations that would have been my cup of tea.
Politics: I do not believe in any Political Parties and becoming a part of a Herd, developing blind herd mentality accepting what ever the leaders say.
I like to back what I believe is Right for the Society and Oppose what I believe is wrong.
In my Opinion a two Party democracy if very flawed and needs to change to a system where all Elected Members of the Parliament are Independents who vote with their conscience and not blindly back the party as it has Majority support. Quoting Mahatma Gandhi "In Matters of Conscience, the law of Majority Makes no sense"
Aussies Opposed a National ID Card as it Violates Privacy and I opposed Aadhaar for he same Reason. Aadhaar can be misused by the State against the people.Let us niot forget that Hitler used the IBM Computer to create a database of the Jews in Germany and exterminated them one by one.
I Lost my dad in the second week of my 3rd Year. Did not attend classes for 2 months and was planning to quit IITM when the Registrar phones me to say, if you are not back in class by next monday, you wont have enough attendance to sit for your final exam. So very Callous. It hurt but what hurt me more was him saying you are not the first young man to lose his father. In OZ the registrar would have asked me to join him for tea and counselled me and given me strength. Not Indian Admin or Faculty at IITM. They lack sympathy and are public servants who will throw the book at you
Awards:
1- A Box full of merit cards and silver medals for studies won at St Bedes.
2- The award I cherished most was winning the first Prize in my Class for Singing a Hindi Song "Jane Woh kaise, Log the Jinke Pyar ko Pyar Mila".
3- Did not win a thing at IITM as I was surrounded by sheer brilliance. I could see Brains oozing out of many ears.
3- Did not win a thing at IITM as I was surrounded by sheer brilliance. I could see Brains oozing out of many ears.
In OZ I was back to me natural self, no threats on my life and bosses did not mind me speaking my mind. In fact they often asked me for my Opinion. A totally free life which is what made me an "Outspoken Recalcitrant". I stood up to my GM Based in Melb and got MDs approval to manufacture in Sydney to save costs and ensure quality. For this my State Manager Gave me a Special Award at Christmas that Year "A Broom Stick"
3- Won the Contract single handedly for my company for "Noise Control of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel" against all odds beating seven International Consortia. Unfortunately I had to resign from that company as my GM appointed his puppet to execute the contract so he could cut corners and make more money. Over my Dead Body I said and walked out. I saw the writing on the wall. The man drove his company to bankruptcy. MD pleaded with me to return and I said No too much water under the Bridge
4- Won the Contract for supplying Acoustic enclosures for the Main Propulsion engine Supplied by MTU Germany for the Australian naval Frigates. Challenging it was as it was not any ordinary structure but a floating vessel and had to withstand G-Forces from rapid acceleration and deceleration.
5- Recipient of an Australian Design Award for Building an Acoustic Shipping Container housing Noisy Diesel Generators to be used on Container ships to power other Refrigerated shipping containers
6- Won "Excellence in Acoustics Award from Australian Acoustical society for the same Acoustic Shipping Container
7- Was runner up for the Institute of Engineers Australia award which eventually went to a Billion Dollar Govt Power station. The Committee decided that day to Create a Major and Minor Projects Categories :-)
My Strengths and Weaknesses:3- Won the Contract single handedly for my company for "Noise Control of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel" against all odds beating seven International Consortia. Unfortunately I had to resign from that company as my GM appointed his puppet to execute the contract so he could cut corners and make more money. Over my Dead Body I said and walked out. I saw the writing on the wall. The man drove his company to bankruptcy. MD pleaded with me to return and I said No too much water under the Bridge
4- Won the Contract for supplying Acoustic enclosures for the Main Propulsion engine Supplied by MTU Germany for the Australian naval Frigates. Challenging it was as it was not any ordinary structure but a floating vessel and had to withstand G-Forces from rapid acceleration and deceleration.
5- Recipient of an Australian Design Award for Building an Acoustic Shipping Container housing Noisy Diesel Generators to be used on Container ships to power other Refrigerated shipping containers
6- Won "Excellence in Acoustics Award from Australian Acoustical society for the same Acoustic Shipping Container
7- Was runner up for the Institute of Engineers Australia award which eventually went to a Billion Dollar Govt Power station. The Committee decided that day to Create a Major and Minor Projects Categories :-)
- I can see through people and tell who is True or False just from Body Language
- My Colleague John Cole once told me "Ram, You know what your Problem is? I said No John tell me and he says "You dont suffer fools"
- Never Chased money or power, accepted what ever destiny offered.
- My Father and Mother gave me different advices. My Father said if Some one slaps you, don't be a Jesus or a Mahatma Gandhi. Kick the shit out of the bastard. My Mother on the other hand told me to turn my back on people who betrayed my trust and walk away. What do I practice ? Both. I am a good man to a Good Man and a bad man o a bad man. When some one hurts me or Betrays my Trust I turn my Back on them. Don't believe in the Forgive and Forget Policy, giving awful people to rin my life
