N R Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of Infosys Technologies, has asked for the formation of a high-level task force to study the impact of reservation on the common people before the government goes ahead with its proposal to introduce reservations for backward classes in higher education institutions."The Prime Minister should constitute a high-level task force that must study whether the benefits of reservations has really reached the economically weaker sections and backward classes in the society," Murthy said.He was speaking to the media after the launch of USHAs, a newsletter of Usha School of Athletics run by former athlete P T Usha.Murthy, who is known for his anti-reservation stance in private sector, said the government was talking of opening more IITs, technical and management institutions and scaling up the intake capacities of the existing ones. "Can you scale up the capacity in a year," Murthy asked, adding "in any case, for me, the solution lies not in increasing the number of seats, but focussing more on the primary and secondary education, which we have completely forgotten." He said the government should first invite the directors of the IITs, IIMs and medical colleges for a discussion before taking any decision on reservations in elite institutions.
