Letters: Job creators v/s job seekers

A way to make our IITs research and invention oriented is by making them autonomous

This is with reference to the interview with Pramath Sinha. “Indian industry not sophisticated enough to absorb IIT-quality engineers” (July 15). Dedicated and great educationalists should head IITs and there should not be any compromise while selecting the directors of such institutes. N R Narayana Murthy made an observation that in 60 years, India had failed to make any earthshaking invention. This is mainly due to our faulty education system, which does not encourage research and invention. When even a small country like Estonia could invent Skype, India despite having so many IITs and IIMs has failed miserably to make