Reservation for OBCs-A political gimmick

Dear Fellow Indians,

There are 265 universities in India,however there are only 25 varsities which produce employable graduates.If the government is actually considering the upliftment of OBC & SC/ST students, then the logical solution is to enhance the quality of education in rest of the 240 universities.This will help in enhancing the intellectual capital of India.

Many a IITs are running short of faculty at this juncture.Thus increasing the total number of seats will not be a good idea as we also have to increase the number of teachers.Or else the quality of education will be hampered.Moreover for the requisite infrastructure, the goverment doesn't have adequate funds.

In the era of globalisation,the rule is "Perform or Perish".It should be competition among the competent people.I strongly believe that intelligence is not any religion,cast or community's property.Thus the deserved ones from the lower castes will definitely prove their competencies and make it to big ones.If we reason it out, rather reservation will make these knowledgable people lethargic in their approach towards academics as any way they are secured of a job.

Reservations had led to "Brain Drain" problem before.Mandal-II will again instigate talent pool of India to move out.This will be a huge loss to us.The OBC,SC/ST candidates should try to understand that they are used as pawns in the dirty vote bank politics.If there won't be issues like reservations then the so called messiahs of lower caste will loose their credibility.That is why, the politicians are trying to create a divide between different strata of the society.The youth should cohehesively protest to gether against such a vested interest.I appreciate Navjyot Singh Siddhu,the only politician who came forward and shown his support towards the student community who are fighting for a cause.

Professional courses like Medical/Engg will be loosing its importance in few years if reservations will be implimented.People will prefer general graduation as an option.Reservation will weaken the quality of end product produced by educational institutes.This in return will downgrade the quality of services in any field namely medical services,reserach & development etc.

When the almighty didn't create any differences in the name of caste,religion etc., we should refrain ourselves from such practices.It is time to express ourselves and stop this political gimmick which is being projected as a social need to fulfill their selfish interests.

People like president APJ Kalam should interfere in this issue and save India from being paralysed.Business tycoons like Azim Premji,Narayanmurthy mobilise their own employees to protest against the same.Working professionals,senior citizens,NGOs should come forward and join hands with like minded people to force the goverment to withdraw this decision.

Warm regards,

Manas Nayak
An MBA from AICAR Business School
Regional Manager,Counseling
IMS Learning Resources Pvt.Ltd.
Bhubaneswar
Orissa
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