VJTI Alumni Meet

This year's VJTI Alumnni Meet would be the most remembered as I got an opportunity to attend an interactive session of none other than Mr. Narayan Murthy , Cheif Mentor , Infosys.

As Business graduates , we talk about how do we generate money and be profitable. Bot
tom Line is the most important thing for us , As it signifies our progress.

Narayan Murthy started talking with introducing India. He rightly said , there are two India : One with booming economy , high GDP forecast , IIP numbers rising , Explorations on Moon with Chandrayan-1 and other India : With high number of Malnourished children ,High number of children dropping out of Primary school , People deprived of basic needs ,Poor Infrastructure in remote areas.

He talked on Education in India , and the importance given to Examination-oriented study. He rightly said, that most of students learn concepts before exams and after two months they tend to forget the same. He also talked on importance of Mathematics in Engineering and that Examination must be an " Open Book Affair " with high significance given to thought process rather than memorizing. I second this suggestion as this is also goes well to Post-graduate courses in India. Many of the theory subjects demand memorizing of the subject matter which I think is trivial, rather a Case-Study approach must be used which will expose students to real-life examples and help Students start thinking rather than mugging.

With Q & A session , Many core issues were raised , like Companies which come to recruit giving high importance to Examination marks by which students are then tempted to score in exams and avoid learning more about the subject. Politics was also discussed and how one should always stand by one's principles / value system. Mr. Narayan Murthy said that " It is highly disappointing to see decreased number of voting with only. He said that until citizens dont come and vote ,the Political system will not improve and for that system to change we need Better candidates.Ev en after the Mumbai attacks and outrage shown by entire country against the attacks, The same response failed to be seen in Mumbai polling statistics. Voter turnout for Mumbai was 43.3 % from the Eligible voters which was even 1% less than General Elections 2009. Programs such as Jaago-Re campaign associated with Tata-Tea would help in awareness of voting in urban voters.