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Monday, July 29, 2002
Editor's Mail

Jitthe itt putto…

It’s surprising to know about the latest action of the PTU. It’s B.Tech and M.Tech degrees can also be had online and that too for merely Rs 7000 per semester. What a great offer. Isn’t it ridiculous? There was a time when an engineering degree was a coveted piece of paper. Today the situation is such that jithoon iit putto, utho engineer nikalada hai. Where’s the need to prepare for CET and why waste precious time and money in professional colleges where the hike in admission fees has already been a hot topic of discussion. Last year it started shelling out a number of BIT, BCA, PGDCA courses without any entrance tests. The result is for all to see. Now it is B.Tech. Such ‘acts of online degrees’ should be stopped. Rather fees in professional colleges should be reduced in order to retain the quality of engineers.

Shaveta Mahajan, B.Tech student

Destination IT?

Politicians may shout on top of their voices that India is the IT destination of the world, but reality speaks otherwise. Through this letter I would like to ask Mr Naidu and all other politicians, why did Microsoft decide to invest a mere $ 75 million in India and a whopping $ 1 billion in China ? There are hundreds more such questions, but one is enough. In the only successful activity in India namely "Call Centres," we are doing the lowest level job where high school passouts are needed. So much for IT

Mahesh Chandra, New Delhi

E-frauds

I want to bring to the notice of the readers that most of the companies allotting Net job work and promising to offer lakhs of Rupees per annum through this means are resorting to fraud. They tell their members to do Web-based job work for 1 to 2 hours on daily basis through fictitious e-mail addresses. They allocate job work to fictitious e-mail addresses and amass crores of rupees.

Ankush Kumar, Chandigarh