Comments on: FAQ on Design in India http://expertdabbler.com/2006/11/26/faq-on-design-in-india/ Rombo nallavan Fri, 18 May 2012 09:02:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Prabu Karthik http://expertdabbler.com/2006/11/26/faq-on-design-in-india/#comment-5590 Prabu Karthik Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:15:00 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2006/11/26/faq-on-design-in-india/#comment-5590 BNB thanks:) They are trying to show these schools as ornament pieces in an otherwise poverty stricken india. nowhere in the world will you see such disparities in education levels as in our IIT/Ms and other lower level institutions. i was talking to one professor from IIT B IDC. he says there r four skill levels Awareness Competence Expertise Leadership And according to him what IIT IDC is not interested in the first 3 levels. They try to take in ppl who r already in between the third and fourth levels. So they'll take such ppl, make them leaders thereby increasing the brand value of those guys as well reputation of IIT. You r spot on about arts grads in US. Angey degree matter less, and stuff matter more. Ingey apdiye ulta. Without degree, you will be not even be considered by the HR. But then vellakaranukku velai aana podhum. inga apdiya? US consulate la L1/H1 clear aganum. adhaan mukiyam! priorities differ :( BNB

thanks:)

They are trying to show these schools as ornament pieces in an otherwise poverty stricken india.

nowhere in the world will you see such disparities in education levels as in our IIT/Ms and other lower level institutions.

i was talking to one professor from IIT B IDC.

he says there r four skill levels

Awareness
Competence
Expertise
Leadership

And according to him what IIT IDC is not interested in the first 3 levels.

They try to take in ppl who r already in between the third and fourth levels.

So they’ll take such ppl, make them leaders thereby increasing the brand value of those guys as well reputation of IIT.

You r spot on about arts grads in US. Angey degree matter less, and stuff matter more.

Ingey apdiye ulta. Without degree, you will be not even be considered by the HR.

But then vellakaranukku velai aana podhum. inga apdiya? US consulate la L1/H1 clear aganum. adhaan mukiyam!

priorities differ :(

]]> By: BNB http://expertdabbler.com/2006/11/26/faq-on-design-in-india/#comment-5589 BNB Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:10:00 +0000 http://expertdabbler.com/2006/11/26/faq-on-design-in-india/#comment-5589 <I>To be fair, designers have a role to play in this as well.</I> Egjatly, Black t-shirts and blue jeans don't make you a designer. <I>But the numbers they produce and their attitude they betray while selecting is more in tune with keeping their brand intact than addressing the industry</I> Good observation. But how are they rated internationally ? I am not familiar with the design world. <I>Talk about in breeding. The criteria for NID is even funnier – they have some stupid age limit funda. </I> Correctaa sonneenga -god knows what the real achievments (sans media hype) is ? The attitude problem is very real, and they are mostly interested in doing whatever folks abroad are upto. Like you said they are very bright, but have done very little by way of innovation. After working with these folks, I feel brain drain is a net gain. My current CEO is Stanford + Harvard, and the CTO is IIT. I interact with quite closely and 'am utterly shocked by how little original thinking they have - they are very intelligent, well informed, and mostly interested in aping the white guys. I suspect even when they get into NGOs and like, they just imitate whatever is happening abroad. No wonder we have the Ekalayvan kadhai - the permanent struggle of the self-taught versus the pedigreed in this country. As for programmers, and project managers, after close to a decade of industry coolie work, I can confidently claim that they have no taste and most of them are just overconfident, brash, uninformed and uncouth. To be fair, most programmers abroad are also like that. But the better ones abroad unlike the IIT variety are a pleasure to deal with and come from really diverse backgrounds - many of them are actually Art's degree holders. To be fair, designers have a role to play in this as well. Egjatly, Black t-shirts and blue jeans don’t make you a designer.

But the numbers they produce and their attitude they betray while selecting is more in tune with keeping their brand intact than addressing the industry Good observation. But how are they rated internationally ? I am not familiar with the design world.

Talk about in breeding. The criteria for NID is even funnier – they have some stupid age limit funda. Correctaa sonneenga -god knows what the real achievments (sans media hype) is ? The attitude problem is very real, and they are mostly interested in doing whatever folks abroad are upto. Like you said they are very bright, but have done very little by way of innovation. After working with these folks, I feel brain drain is a net gain. My current CEO is Stanford + Harvard, and the CTO is IIT. I interact with quite closely and ‘am utterly shocked by how little original thinking they have - they are very intelligent, well informed, and mostly interested in aping the white guys. I suspect even when they get into NGOs and like, they just imitate whatever is happening abroad.

No wonder we have the Ekalayvan kadhai - the permanent struggle of the self-taught versus the pedigreed in this country.

As for programmers, and project managers, after close to a decade of industry coolie work, I can confidently claim that they have no taste and most of them are just overconfident, brash, uninformed and uncouth. To be fair, most programmers abroad are also like that. But the better ones abroad unlike the IIT variety are a pleasure to deal with and come from really diverse backgrounds - many of them are actually Art’s degree holders.

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