Thursday, June 02, 2005

Tech school ratings on B school patterns

i Have seen numerous B school rankings ,most following road to big bucks. Placement package holds key to good ranks here.These rankings and surveys have long created buzz for these schools and kind of race amongst schools to come up with better figures every year topping the previous quotes.Since then has been a trend to enquire about average and highest salary before knowing the fundamental features of a B school.

Quote an article in economic times " Tech schools that will help u earn big bucks " talks about a IDC-Nasscom-Data Quest Survey which will be held every year from now onwards to rate the Tech schools .The high point of this survey is that it will take into account placement as an important parameter.So now onwards number of zeroes in average and highest pay package will hold a key to good ranking of the institutes.Is that a good news? Its best known fact that IIT's along with the latest enterant IIT-G and numerous other old inst. like BITS , Pilani have always been the most reputed schools.And even today the intellectual capitals of these inst. is uncomparable.With growing number of schools in private category backed by some business heavyweights ,it is possible some good oldies will lose in the money race.The article talks of some new enterants that have taken place of the old ones.

Seriously IIT-G and BITS,Pilani losing out in the race ,one for its geographical locaton and other for its pay package is surprising.If this is the way.....i guess Colleges from Madhya Pradesh,Bihar, Orissa will never match the luckluster of Metros and though reputed i doubt they ever match the creations of education entrepreneurs.

Need is take up these surveys at regional level ,keeping in mind the restrictions poised by the regional enterance exams in appearing at All India level.For instance , think about a student from Indore who has to appear for MP PET,lands up in outsider quota ( 10-15% seats only) in other states, has JEE as only fair option(with no regional quota) at All India level.Imagine him going trough this survey only to find that after some of the IITs come X no. of schools from Mumbai,Pune,Delhi,Chandigarh (where he already didnt have any chance due to regional quotas) and then somewhere down the line after the various family owned institution ,would be elated to find MANIT , Bhopal and SGSITS, Indore.All this because they could not manage a pay package of 4+.

Great idea to tell this guy that the only chance u had was indeed a reputed old institution may be best in the region but far down the ranks.And the best ones he hasnt heared of and even if he did , he wouldnt have possibly made it to it.And one or two year olds have matured more than the shenanigans in the short run.

Dear survey wallas at least first take a look at the pitch before throwing ball.

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