P. V. Indiresan taught for forty years in the IIT system and was Director, IIT Madras. He is a past President of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers and of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. Among his several awards are the Padma Bhushan, Honarary Member ship of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, US, and the Honorary Doctorate from the Karnataka Technical University. He is a frequent writer on socio-economic development.
May 18, 2012
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The market mechanism works better than the state in situations of scarcity, by inducing a future increase in supplies. But markets can also increase disparities between the rich and poor. »
May 4, 2012
The true cost of corruption depends on where it occurs. A petty official can be a nuisance but may not retard the economy much, but those at the top slow down the economy inexorably.
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April 20, 2012
The Right to Education Act does not provide for adequate government reimbursement to private schools, for reserving 25 per cent of their seats for the poor. »
April 6, 2012
The state should meet the entire cost of fighting elections and pay winners and losers. Then, politicians would not need money to contest elections and be free of the clutches of the crooked.
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March 23, 2012
Politicians should be well paid so that they desist from corruption. Candidates should be selected by their constituency, not by the central leadership. And, a voter should be allowed to choose more than one candidate.
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March 9, 2012
What people want is honest development, and not caste-based politics. Yet, politicians — winners or losers — do not learn from experience. They remain wedded to their ways. »
February 24, 2012
Projects should be implemented on the principle of negative feedback control — the higher echelons of an organisation correcting errors after they have occurred rather than issuing precise instructions beforehand. »
February 10, 2012
Current wisdom indicates that casteism — and only casteism — will win votes. But will political parties succeed better if they addressed the basic needs of all villagers, instead of offering privileges to select groups?
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January 27, 2012
Fee restrictions do not help the poor. Instead of making education cheap, why can't we charge rich students high fees and use the resulting surplus to cross-subsidise the poor?
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January 13, 2012
The proposed law on malpractices in higher education sidesteps the issue of making our universities world-class. Its norms are not in sync with systems in other centres of excellence. »
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