Tag Archives: IITs

Answering the Questions for Prospective Faculty at IISc

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Prof. Giridhar Madras of IISc has, by way of a guideline, put together a few questions which might be asked of a candidate who applies for a faculty position at IISc. The questions appear on his blog, here: [^]. Given … Continue reading →

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Playing the Second Fiddle to “Accomplishments Based on Short Term Reputations”

Posted on October 16, 2010 by

0. This post puts together a series of tweets I wrote last week or so. This post was meant to be uncharacteristically short because I am once again down with cough (together with 1/4th if not 1/2 of Pune). Those … Continue reading →

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[Largely] Unjustified Comments on the IIT JEE

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

Here are some of the initial thoughts that passed my mind while reading the recent news items concerning the proposed scraping of the IIT JEE. I noticed this development when Dr. T. A. Abinandanan pointed the news via posts here … Continue reading →

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Today’s News on the IITs and My Joblessness

Posted on March 29, 2009 by

It was interesting to read in today’s Indian Express that IITs are thinking of introducing courses on topics other than engineering and technology. Such topics (mostly at the initial stages) include, e.g., arts and performing arts at IITK, law at … Continue reading →

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How Our Parliamentarians Behave—And Why

Posted on July 27, 2008 by

There is an excellent article by Professor Dipankar Gupta in yesterday’s Times of India.  An article like this was both timely and necessary. I hardly watch TV. However, I did watch some part of the debate in parliament on July … Continue reading →

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