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In this editorial segment, Mr. Sujit Nair addresses the issue of Indian students from prestigious institutions like IIT and NIT, who are funded by taxpayers but often choose to leave the country instead of serving India, which has financed their education.
A total of Rs 463 crore was allocated to support the 19 IIMs in the same year. Additionally, the HRD Ministry expended Rs 2577.65 crore on 31 NITs and the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. This data was disclosed by the former Minister of State for HRD, Mahendra Nath Pandey, in a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha.
Rs 120 crore was directed towards the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, while Rs 550 crore was allocated to the six Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research. Moreover, the Central government invested Rs 609 crore in 159 state universities, Rs 107.33 crore in IGNOU, and Rs 86 crore in three Schools of Planning and Architecture.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court, during a hearing concerning mandatory rural service for PG admissions, highlighted that the government invests a substantial amount in training each medical graduate and post-graduate in government medical colleges. AIIMS calculated the cost of producing one MBBS graduate at Rs 1.7 crore, with only a fraction of this cost being borne by the students.
While Isro has made significant advancements in space exploration, it faces challenges in attracting graduates from prestigious institutions like IIT. Information obtained through an RTI application reveals that merely 2% of Indian Space Research Institute (Isro) employees are graduates of IITs or NITs.
Despite satellite launches and interplanetary exploration evolving into both commercial and scientific ventures, Isro is struggling to recruit talent from premier institutes. V Adimurthy, senior advisor of interplanetary mission at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, notes that this trend is not exclusive to Isro, as other sectors like roadways and railways also encounter difficulties in attracting such graduates.
Furthermore, Isro's centralized recruitment system does not distinguish between an IIT graduate and one from another engineering college. Isro seeks individuals with strong fundamental skills, regardless of their educational institution.
Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan finds hope in Isro's Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST), Thiruvananthapuram. Since its establishment in 2007, the institute has consistently attracted top-ranking applicants. Radhakrishnan believes that these outstanding students will go on to become accomplished scientists at Isro.
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In this editorial segment, Mr. Sujit Nair addresses the issue of Indian students from prestigious institutions like IIT and NIT, who are funded by taxpayers but often choose to leave the country instead of serving India, which has financed their education.
A total of Rs 463 crore was allocated to support the 19 IIMs in the same year. Additionally, the HRD Ministry expended Rs 2577.65 crore on 31 NITs and the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. This data was disclosed by the former Minister of State for HRD, Mahendra Nath Pandey, in a written response to a question in Rajya Sabha.
Rs 120 crore was directed towards the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, while Rs 550 crore was allocated to the six Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research. Moreover, the Central government invested Rs 609 crore in 159 state universities, Rs 107.33 crore in IGNOU, and Rs 86 crore in three Schools of Planning and Architecture.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court, during a hearing concerning mandatory rural service for PG admissions, highlighted that the government invests a substantial amount in training each medical graduate and post-graduate in government medical colleges. AIIMS calculated the cost of producing one MBBS graduate at Rs 1.7 crore, with only a fraction of this cost being borne by the students.
While Isro has made significant advancements in space exploration, it faces challenges in attracting graduates from prestigious institutions like IIT. Information obtained through an RTI application reveals that merely 2% of Indian Space Research Institute (Isro) employees are graduates of IITs or NITs.
Despite satellite launches and interplanetary exploration evolving into both commercial and scientific ventures, Isro is struggling to recruit talent from premier institutes. V Adimurthy, senior advisor of interplanetary mission at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, notes that this trend is not exclusive to Isro, as other sectors like roadways and railways also encounter difficulties in attracting such graduates.
Furthermore, Isro's centralized recruitment system does not distinguish between an IIT graduate and one from another engineering college. Isro seeks individuals with strong fundamental skills, regardless of their educational institution.
Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan finds hope in Isro's Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST), Thiruvananthapuram. Since its establishment in 2007, the institute has consistently attracted top-ranking applicants. Radhakrishnan believes that these outstanding students will go on to become accomplished scientists at Isro.
#IITian #NASA #ISRO #NIT #India #chandrayaan3 #IIT #vikramlander #moonmission #indianspaceresearchorganization #SujitNair #HWNews
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00:00 Namaskar.
00:01 So, Chandrayaan 3 mission has been successful.
00:05 It's going on successfully.
00:07 Now, yesterday we spoke about who should get the credit for all of this.
00:15 So if you have not seen that episode, please see it now.
00:21 Now there is another point that got highlighted after the Chandrayaan success.
00:27 You see, according to a report, the report is slightly dated, it is 2014, but things
00:33 have not really changed much.
00:34 According to a report, only 2% of ISRO engineers are either from IIT or NIT.
00:44 So India's premium institute graduates, people who are from premium institutes like IIT and
00:51 NIT, they don't join ISRO.
00:55 They prefer to go to NASA.
00:58 Now it is, this concerns us.
01:01 This concerns us and I will tell you why.
01:03 Let's get right into the show and talk about it.
01:11 So like I said, according to a report in 2014, and like I also said, things have not changed
01:18 much and I will tell you why.
01:21 Only 2% of ISRO scientists are from IIT and NIT.
01:26 Now this should concern an average Indian and I will tell you why it should concern
01:31 an average Indian.
01:33 It should concern an average Indian because in 2016, the Modi government has stated that
01:39 on an average, it is spending around 6 lakh rupees per year on each student in IIT.
01:46 Roughly 25 lakhs is what the government spends on an IIT graduate.
01:53 When I say the government spends, what I mean is you spend.
01:57 Because at the end of the day, the money comes from taxes.
02:02 So 25 lakhs we are spending on an IITian.
02:07 And mind you, this IITian uses that 25 lakhs of the taxpayers' money and goes out and
02:14 works with NASA.
02:16 Whereas in India, you have engineers from local institutes doing the work.
02:21 They are doing a fabulous work, by the way.
02:23 They are doing a fabulous work.
02:24 So not that one is kind of regretting, but they are doing a fabulous work.
02:29 But the question still remains that when we are spending this kind of money as taxpayers,
02:35 how come they are going out and working?
02:38 And India directly doesn't benefit out of them.
02:42 I will give you some more data before I get further.
02:45 The total of 463 crores was spent on 19 IIMs in 2016.
02:53 This is 2016 report.
02:56 The HRD ministry also spent rupees 2577.65 crores on 31 NITs and the Indian Institute
03:07 of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, as per the data provided in the Rajya Sabha.
03:14 Rupees 120 crores were spent on the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, while 550
03:22 crores were spent in 6 Indian Institutes of Science, Education and Research.
03:27 Besides this amount, which I just mentioned, rupees 609 crores was spent by the Centre
03:33 in 159 state universities, rupees 107.33 crores on IGNU and 86 crores on the three schools
03:45 of Planning and Architecture.
03:47 This is broadly what the kind of money we are spending on our kids education.
03:51 Is it good?
03:52 Fantastic.
03:53 I would say spend more, spend more.
03:58 But somewhere down the line, this brain drain is worrying.
04:02 This brain drain is worrying.
04:04 Now why I say that, you know, we are still, the state has not changed much.
04:11 Things are more or less same as what it was in 2014.
04:15 Why do I say that?
04:16 I don't say that on the basis of some figures, but I say that on the basis of Mr. S. Somanathan,
04:22 the Chief of ISRO has been speaking about this in various occasions, various institutions
04:28 that he has gone.
04:29 He has been speaking about it.
04:30 For instance, Mr. Somanathan was speaking in IIT BHU, he went on to say that our nation
04:36 needs you more than ever in these challenging times.
04:39 I am confident that your talent, ideas, energy and enthusiasm, you would build successful
04:45 and fulfilling careers and meet the expectations of our country.
04:49 He says, listen, you know what, we require you.
04:52 And he is right.
04:53 He is right.
04:54 IIT, IIMs, Indian Institute of Science, you are the best institutions in the world.
05:00 You see, these are few of the best minds in this country.
05:04 Possibly one of the best minds in the world.
05:06 While they are of phenomenal demand, phenomenal demand across the globe, every corporate would
05:12 want to hire them, which is so proud.
05:14 As an Indian, I am very proud of that.
05:16 But the fact is, today India requires them.
05:19 We are growing in the field of technology.
05:23 So India requires them.
05:25 Our engineers from local institutions are brilliant too.
05:28 It is not that they are any less.
05:29 But the point is, it would value add if there are these IITians and these NITians working
05:37 for our own country, for our own development.
05:39 Mind you, when I say that there is only 2% of people working in ISRO, 2% of IITians,
05:46 NITians working in ISRO, I just do not mean ISRO.
05:49 I mean also other sectors, sectors like roadways, sectors like railways.
05:53 You see, these are sectors which does not attract IITians and NITians much.
05:59 Now for us, this is the most crucial time.
06:03 This is the most crucial time for us to have the best of brains coming in, working for
06:08 our infrastructure.
06:09 Lot, lot is happening.
06:10 Like I said, one thing this government has done well is infrastructure.
06:15 So a lot is happening in Indian infrastructure.
06:19 And this would be the time that we really look out for our people to come and work for
06:26 our own country.
06:27 Now let me give you some more figures.
06:30 Two of every three immigrants of India are highly educated.
06:36 Two of every three immigrants.
06:38 For instance, what I want to say is that, you see, in the share of immigrations who
06:44 are highly educated, India ranks first.
06:49 64.7% of Indians are highly educated people who immigrate.
06:56 64.7%.
06:57 This 64.7% people who are immigrating, if a large percentage of these people stay back
07:04 in India, these were the people who could help our roadways, our highways.
07:11 These were the people who could help our railways.
07:14 These were the people who could help our aviation.
07:17 These were the people who could help our power sector.
07:20 These were the people who could help our ISRO.
07:23 You see, these were the people who could ensure that clean drinking water, which is the last
07:29 common denominator in our country.
07:31 These people could make this happen.
07:33 Again, like I say, I am not therefore taking away any credit of students, graduates from
07:40 local institutes, from other institutes.
07:43 They are equally better.
07:44 Some of them are brilliant.
07:45 Some of them are much better.
07:46 I have seen them.
07:47 I have experienced them.
07:48 Some of them are far, far better.
07:50 They may not get the opportunity at IIT, but they are far better.
07:54 That's not the point I am trying to make.
07:55 But what I am trying to say is we need highly educated people now in India.
08:00 And this is a concern that we need to be bothered about and we need to address.
08:06 This is the point.
08:07 Second is Japan with 59.4 percent, third is United States with 52.7 percent.
08:14 The problem is Japan and United States already are developed.
08:18 Their infrastructure is developed.
08:21 Most of their sectors are developed sectors.
08:23 So the point is India needs our brains to be with us now more than United States or
08:30 Japan.
08:31 That is the point I am trying to make.
08:32 Now let us be fair.
08:35 Let us be fair.
08:36 See, the point is we cannot just overnight expect, go and say, "Arey, IITians, we are
08:43 paying from our tax money, so you have to stay back."
08:46 Nahi, wo bhi theek nahi hai.
08:47 Wo bhi theek nahi hai because we need to also look at it from their perspective.
08:51 And from their perspective, in India, unemployment levels rise with education according to the
08:57 Center of Monitoring Indian Economy.
09:00 CMI says that with education rising, unemployment also rises.
09:06 So it is difficult for a highly educated person to get jobs here in India.
09:11 A. B. It is, there are that much openings for highly educated people.
09:15 So that too is correct.
09:17 That too is something that we need to consider.
09:19 As of December 2021, one in every five college graduates were unemployed.
09:24 Besides lack of jobs, there are also problems of skilled opportunity mismatch, corruption
09:30 to deal within the country.
09:32 Now it is not just about graduates here.
09:34 While they mention graduates, it's about even an IITian, even an NITian.
09:40 It is not necessary that Indian companies can afford them.
09:43 It is not necessary that the government of India pays them enough.
09:45 It is not even necessary that they should get a job in the government of India.
09:49 It is not even necessary.
09:50 So the problem is, you also need to see it from an IIT perspective.
09:55 Are we making ourselves as robust, our PSUs, our Indian companies, are we trying enough
10:02 to attract IITians?
10:04 There is a lot of exercise that goes through to ensure that you get the first day in IIT
10:10 campus interviews.
10:11 Corporates go through a lot of exercise.
10:14 The HR goes through a lot of exercise, a lot of films, a lot of motivational films, a lot
10:19 of films that attract people, attract these students to come and join them.
10:24 A lot of effort is taken to attract these kids to come and join that particular organization.
10:29 Does a PSU do enough?
10:30 Will NHAI do that?
10:34 Is ISRO doing it?
10:37 Are other companies doing it?
10:38 So this question also needs to be asked from the other perspective, from the side of the,
10:43 speaking from the perspective of an IITian.
10:47 So that too doesn't exist.
10:49 Another thing is, opportunity abroad, it happens because abroad people come, offer good money,
10:55 offer great career opportunities, offer a great lifestyle and attract kids, these kids
11:02 go.
11:04 So the fact is both ways.
11:06 A, an IITian, an NIITian should consider the fact that, listen, the taxpayer has spent
11:11 money for his education, his or her education.
11:14 So there is a moral responsibility, no legal responsibility, a moral responsibility to
11:20 ensure that he or she gives back to the country.
11:23 From a country's perspective, that is what, how it is.
11:27 But from an IITian's perspective, you need to know that, listen, you need them and he
11:31 is one of the, he or she is one of the best brains in the world.
11:34 You need to attract them, you need to give them offers, you need to give them attractive
11:38 salaries, you need to give them a great lifestyle, you need to do that.
11:42 They have earned it, right?
11:44 Because that's what their demand is in the world.
11:47 So we too need to take that extra step just by commenting and saying that, listen, you
11:52 know, by, you know, as usual, which happens in our country by giving nationalist dialogues
11:59 and nationalist statements and lectures and all, alone will not work.
12:03 Alone it will not work.
12:05 We need to also ensure that we as PSUs, as government, we attract these talents.
12:09 So that too is important from our perspective.
12:15 Now let me go to another aspect, the second part of my editorial.
12:20 You see, when we talk about development, when we talk about attracting talents, when we
12:27 talk about IITians, IIMs, NITians coming and working for our government organizations,
12:33 our PSUs, our government, you need to have leaders who are educated.
12:39 Now one of those teachers who said that, you know, the leader, vote for a leader who is
12:43 educated, I agree to that.
12:45 What is wrong in that?
12:47 Vote for a person who is educated.
12:49 It is correct.
12:50 And I will tell you what I mean by that.
12:52 Let me tell you what I mean by that.
12:54 Rajasthan Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Ashok Chanda, you know what he said when he
13:01 was told that the Chandrayaan landed in the moon?
13:04 He said, we were successful and made a safe landing.
13:08 We salute the passengers, he says.
13:11 We salute the passengers who have gone.
13:14 Salute the passengers?
13:15 See, forget about education, he doesn't even read a newspaper.
13:20 He doesn't even read a newspaper.
13:22 He is a minister, a lawmaker, a leader in the government.
13:29 Now you tell me, how would you expect an IITian to work under him?
13:33 You tell me.
13:34 How would you expect an NITian to work under him?
13:36 You tell me.
13:37 If you were an IITian, would you want to work under him?
13:41 So this also is an important problem.
13:44 This also is an important problem which we need to address.
13:47 Another story I will tell you.
13:49 This is O.P.
13:50 Rajabhar, he is a big leader.
13:52 O.P.
13:53 Rajabhar, MLA of SBSSP says, I thank Indian scientists for their hard work and research.
14:01 I congratulate them on their achievement of Chandrayaan 3.
14:05 Once they safely return to earth, once they safely return to earth, tomorrow, the entire
14:10 country should welcome them.
14:12 O.P. Rajabhar, leader of our government, leaders of our government, not leader of our government,
14:20 leaders of our government.
14:21 RJD spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav, congratulations to NASA scientists for successfully landing
14:28 Chandrayaan 3.
14:29 Chandrayaan 3 landing was successful on the moon.
14:34 For this, we congratulate all the scientists of NASA.
14:41 So you see, one of the most, the beginning of our effort to stop brain drain is to ensure
14:48 that our government leaders, our leaders, leaders of our country are educated.
14:54 Our leaders should be educated because only an educated mind can control and manage an
15:00 educated mind.
15:01 Only an educated mind can inspire educated people to join them.
15:06 My point is very simple.
15:07 Let's have educated leaders.
15:09 Let's attract these young minds, these young brilliant minds to come and join our PSUs
15:15 and our government sectors and our ISRO.
15:19 Let's attract them.
15:21 And finally, to the students, to the young students, I mean, this is the time.
15:26 India is growing.
15:27 Lot of things are happening.
15:28 This is when India needs you.
15:31 Infrastructure, science, technology are developing like nobody's business, regardless of the
15:37 government.
15:38 Let me tell you, regardless of the government, India is poised to grow and it will grow.
15:44 It will grow.
15:45 Whoever can take credit, but it will grow.
15:46 This is the time for young minds like yours.
15:50 If you're an IITian, if you're an NITian, this is the right time for you to work in
15:55 India and to grow in India.
15:57 Point I wanted to make.
15:58 Till I see you next time, that is tomorrow at 10.
16:01 Take care.
16:02 Good night.
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