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Responses to Sticklish Issues dated December 25

The President's call coincided with the 119th birth anniversary of the maths prodigy (Ramanujan was born on December 22, 1887). The IITs should produce creative scientists in all branches of science.

C.V. Raman got the Nobel prize in 1930. It then took fifty three years for his cousin S. Chandrasekar to get the Nobel prize for Physics in the year 1983.

Even though more than two decades have passed since, another Nobel for science remains a dream. It is a pity that the IITs have not produced a Nobel laureate in science.

As G. H. Hardy, the outstanding Cambridge mathematician discovered the mathematical genius in Ramanujan, the IITs must endeavour to discover talented students.

S. Nallasivan, Tirunelveli

The President's call is timely. Despite all the changes in the selection process and the pattern, the IIT entrance exams are not oriented towards spotting talent and potential.

But the big question is how to go about it?

Krithivasan, e-mail

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