The history of the IIT system dates back to 1946 when Sir Jogendra Singh of the Viceroy’s Executive Council set up a committee whose task was to consider the creation of Higher Technical Institutions for post-war industrial development in India. The 22-member committee, headed by Nalini Ranjan Sarkar, recommended the establishment of these institutions in […]
What use is a baby? Nothing. What is the biggest constraint a baby throws? Inability to communicate. To understand the baby, you have to see the baby, be with it. Now, imagine yourself as an engineer, nothing less than a rocket scientist. But unable to communicate. Poor grammar and jargon-riddled writing are rampant. We’re great […]
Statistically speaking, quite a few of the people reading this article are probably doing so on new tablet computers that they picked up or received over the holidays. Those tablets — which didn’t exist just a few years ago — would not be possible without the semiconductor industry. At the same time, the growth of […]
In more recent times, the assumption has been that the quickest way to advance was to hop from job to job and company to company. Then the recession hit, and people who had jobs tended to cling to them as best they could. Even if they were unhappy, resigning to start with a new company seemed especially risky while mass […]