IIPM - Think Tank

1. The banality of the budget!
[14/03/2010]  The Union Budget is increasingly becoming a futile exercise
T he Union Budget is increasingly becoming a futile exercise. Each and every year I observe the budget with keenness, expecting that this time there would be some path breaking announcements, which wo...Read More

2. Road for Development
[07/03/2010]  Indian villages are largely disconnected!
The other day while coming by road from Chandigarh, I was pleasantly surprised by the kind of development that was happening along the highway. On both sides of the road, I could see construction of b...Read More

3. Higher education – A priority, misplaced!
[28/02/2010]  Lot needs to be done at the primary, elementary and secondary levels.
Over sometime now there has been a considerable action with respect to Indian higher education scenario. It seems that the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) is all set to roll the red carpe...Read More

4. It’s still a feudal world!
[21/02/2010]  Australian attacks are a metaphor of basic human instinct..
Australian attack on Indian students has been in news for sometime now. In fact, what started as petty incidences finally culminated to a grand scale of national racial abuse on Indian students studyi...Read More

5. The Chinese flyover
[14/02/2010]  The Chinese influence in Nepal is growing
A couple of weeks back, when I visited Nepal, three things were most visible. First being processions, each with a different agenda. The second being – lack of safety, which I experienced one late eve...Read More

6. Terror has a different pitch!
[07/02/2010]  Shunning Pakistani players is not at all good for the sport!
So the IPL season is back. And with it, the high profile bidding by various team owners, for players across the world, is also back! But surprisingly, the team owners voluntarily shunned all Pakistani...Read More