The Intense Struggle to Get into Top Universities in
India
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/magazine/india-cram-schools-kota.html
“There are two types of students in Kota — rankers and bankers,” Amit Gupta, a coaching-center biology instructor, told me. “One ranker will attract thousands of bankers. This is our modus operandi. We are in the business of selling dreams.” By Gupta’s definition, rankers are students with the potential to get into elite colleges, while bankers, who are in the majority, are students whose ambitions outrank their capacities. “A ranker was always going to get selected,” Gupta told me. “If he gets good teachers, his rank may improve, but he was already capable of selection. The business model of the coaching industry relies on the banker. We show him a dream — ‘You can also become an I.I.T.-ian or a doctor’ — even though we know all along that he would never be selected because there are just not enough seats.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/magazine/india-cram-schools-kota.html
“There are two types of students in Kota — rankers and bankers,” Amit Gupta, a coaching-center biology instructor, told me. “One ranker will attract thousands of bankers. This is our modus operandi. We are in the business of selling dreams.” By Gupta’s definition, rankers are students with the potential to get into elite colleges, while bankers, who are in the majority, are students whose ambitions outrank their capacities. “A ranker was always going to get selected,” Gupta told me. “If he gets good teachers, his rank may improve, but he was already capable of selection. The business model of the coaching industry relies on the banker. We show him a dream — ‘You can also become an I.I.T.-ian or a doctor’ — even though we know all along that he would never be selected because there are just not enough seats.”
What’s the secret behind India’s IIT, which
produced Twitter chief Parag Agrawal and other tech titans?
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3160906/whats-secret-behind-indias-iit-which-produced-twitter-chief
Can India’s plan to allow foreign university
campuses help retain local talent, benefit education system?
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3206922/can-indias-plan-allow-foreign-university-campuses-help-retain-local-talent-benefit-education-system
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3160906/whats-secret-behind-indias-iit-which-produced-twitter-chief
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3206922/can-indias-plan-allow-foreign-university-campuses-help-retain-local-talent-benefit-education-system
A Few Successful Private Universities:
INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
https://www.isb.edu/en.html
ASHOKA UNIVERSITY
https://www.ashoka.edu.in/
AZIM PREMJI UNIVERSITY
https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/
INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
https://www.isb.edu/en.html
ASHOKA UNIVERSITY
https://www.ashoka.edu.in/
AZIM PREMJI UNIVERSITY
https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/
The Allure of Indian Tech Centers