Red tape prevents cream of IITs from serving rural India


Here is a paradox. While most medicos do not prefer serving in rural areas, the cream of IITs is not allowed to work in the not-so-glamorous turf.

Raghavendra (name changed), an IIT Delhi product, didn’t expect his dream of serving rural India would be a Herculean task. He resigned as design analyst from Mercedes Benz in Bangalore to join IIIT-Nuzvid in Andhra Pradesh to teach rural students, but he is thoroughly disappointed.

It has been more than a year since he was issued the appointment letter as Assistant Professor, but till today, the recruitment process has not been taken up by the institution. He is one of the 85 such professionals whose future is hanging in balance...........Read more

 

Source: The Hindu


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