What Am I Doing ???? What was I Supposed to do ????

TermII at IFMR !!!!!
Teenage of my B-school life is just over; I think I have become a bit matured, a bit focused and a totally confused soul. Or if you want me to explain my situation using a marketing jargon I would say I am in the growth stage of my B-School Life Cycle. While I have started writing this the major part of my brain has only one word revolving around ….. No prizes for the right guess, everyone knows it is …….. Abhyudaya ’08. Yes if I had to put in a brief summary of what have I done for the last 2 months I don’t remember a single event or day when Abhyudaya was not in my mind or in my deeds. I feel I live Abhyudaya, it’s my dream event and it’s my focus. One may think why so much time and focus on an event which is just another event in life and why so much botheration to me as an individual, what do I say it’s more than just an event for me, it has taught me various lessons which any book cannot teach. A few learning’s or occasions which I could share.
 Everyone knows and feels in their daily life that money is the most difficult thing in the world to get from anyone whether it’s your own money or whether you are trying to borrow some. I know I may face a situation in future when I want to venture out on my own and then I would need money, yes you have guessed it right Abhyudaya has taught me the lesson, it has clearly made me aware 1000 times saying boss its never gonna be that easy who ever you may be, where ever you are from, you are talking money so be ready to hear a big NO even before you make your point. I am still feeling oh god we need a lot of money what do I do. Let’s see we are trying our best. So this is the real life learning Abhyudaya has given me, what ever cash flows I predict and discount, in what ever ways I make the NPV positive, until I get the moolah in my hands it never can be mine.
 To be a successful individual in what ever set up you are, whether you are a student, an employee, or even a family member coordination and communication are the two major things you will require. And yes Abhyudaya being a student’s initiative requires both of them in every stage of it, in every instance of it. I was a very reserved and silent kind of a person for most part of my life, but as I have grown I have known the importance of communication. My communication skills are not really good, but the confidence I have gained in this period of working for Abhyudaya make me feel better and motivates me to communicate effectively, as the stakes are really high here
 I have never been a commanding or an authoritative person ever, I don’t like being one, you may think he might have never got a chance to be, or may be whose gonna listen to him, yes you are right. But that’s not the way I like to work, I like to take along people with me as I am not the be all and end all of the world, so this phase of my life has also taught me to get along with everyone when ever required and keep on moving when that seems to be unnecessary or a spoil sport situation.
There can be hundreds of instances of learning, of joy, of fear, of tension, but why all this – it adds value to me and if u want me to be academic, it’s my EVA and yes I mean it.
For more details on Abhyudaya log on to http://ifmr.ac.in/abhyudaya08

Apart from Abhyudaya the 2 months after the Diwali break were not as much as planned and thought by me, but life is like a casino what ever you win or what ever you lose, you never feel satisfied, you like to play a little more. The moments of joy in these two months were numerous. The treat at Mathsya hotel was a day when everyone was joyous and a few other occasions which made moments lighter. Over all these two months have been very hectic and very tense, tension of studying CF, of participating in Venu’s class, of completing the cases and blah blah blah.

Occasions which enhanced exposure and gave an idea of how the corporates really work, what do they actually do and so on was learnt or known thorough the umpteen number of PPT’s attended day in and day out. Summer placements was another thing running over my mind for most of this period and more so because of the process conducted by Darashaw, which again was an eye opener and as I am writing this I have started thinking of it again, where do I want to go, what profile am I looking at, what value do I want to add by it and so on.

Now coming to the values added and the key learning’s of part two of my B-school diary
 What ever additional activity you do, never leave your focus.
 What am I actually trying to do, ask this question to yourself everyday before sleep.
 Want to achieve a lot in this world, what is that lot, does it have a definition, if not sit back and decide what you want to do first.
 You want to be a perfectionist right, how do u know you will be one when you have almost always ended up doing Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. think about it.
 Friends are a very important part of your life, but not at the stake of something else.
 Be very clear and objective with your personal and professional life.
 You want to do something, achieve some thing- start now; tomorrow you will have some other idea contrary to it.
 I need to do some value engineering on myself its terms of my activities.
 Practice makes a man perfect, some one said this but who is following, oh god I need to think about it, I remember the CF tests.
 No one is interested in your boring gyan, so please CTC and move on.(This is applicable to me.)

IFMR Rocks !!!!

I Love to Live Life My Way

I Love to Live Life My Way
Life is all about changes, improvement and development. To make this feel right and to make life the way I want to be, I started the new phase of my life at IFMR at 10 am on 2nd July 2007 at the Bhagirathi Hall in IFMR in the presence of one of the most eminent personality of India who brought the development in the Banking industry, none other than MR. N.Vaghul (Chairman, ICICI Bank). Day 1 at IFMR gave a feeling of what life is going to be like in the 2 years ahead here at Ifmr, as it started with an excellent talk by Mr. Vaghul, who shared his experiences with us and added great value to the 1st day of my new life. Day 1 was a very lively day as it also involved other sessions; one was the Ice Breaker session by the seniors which was aimed at making life simpler for us, by making us know each other well so that life becomes easier as days pass. And indeed I still cherish day 1 at Ifmr till date.

With so many expectations from this place and with a lot of enthusiasm after meeting the batch mates on day 1, right from day 2 Ifmr seemed to be home away from home, as I met people from almost all parts of the country with different backgrounds, different mindsets, I was very much looking forward to this kind of a journey in life. Day 2 started with a very good lecture by our Dean, which made him a star right from day 2 for me, coz of his simplicity, his ability to express things the way they should be etc.,. The day ended with a Math’s test aimed to shortlist students for Tutorials. But before the tutorials there was a very important happening for which I was waiting right from the time I planned my MBA, yes it was none other than receiving my personal LAPTOP. It gave a feeling that yes now I am doing an MBA.

After having 2 lighter days at Ifmr now it was time for some business, for which basically I was here, so day 3 had a few lectures on different subjects and was followed by a visit to Dun & Bradstreet (credit rating co.) located at Taramani, it was a great experience, did not understand or learn much but it just gave a taste of how actual businesses run (corporates), as the session was hosted by a young female who was the HR Head of D&B, it showed the potential for growth youngsters like me can expect. Day 4 also was just as hectic as day 3 with a few lectures and then visit to UTI Bank (now AXIS), it gave a rough idea about the functioning and the evolution of the banking industry and its potential.

So Far so Good. The next 3 days were a mix of fun and learning as we were at The Banyan (NGO). The trip to Banyan was a great initiative by both the Banyan and IFMR as it was an excellent learning opportunity about how NGO’s work etc. as I have always dreamed to be a part of the developmental sector this trip gave few insights about how difficult and challenging things can be in the sector and it also gave me a lot of inspiration to contribute and work for this sector in some way or the other. Thanks to Ifmr once again for creating such an opportunity, which other wise might have never happened on my own, as it worked as a starter for me to think and start working towards all my dreams and goals in life.

End of week one at Ifmr, it was as hectic as it was expected to be, I started to feel like a corporate already, reaching home almost on all the days after 8.30 as if I was coming back from Office after a day full of hard work. Yes I really did feel so as even my family looked at me with proud and they also felt this guy is doing great things, and that made me feel even motivated to make this Ifmr journey something to cherish about throughout my life. Week one was rocking, made me feel really high, On Top of the World!!!!!!!

After having a few inspiring sessions by both academicians and industry now it was time to show my own potential through a presentation on learning’s from Dun & Bradstreet in front of a faculty and a few batch mates on day 1 of week 2. This presentation gave me a lot of confidence as after my presentation quiet a few number of people appreciated it, which gave me a moral boost that yes even I can make good presentations. And yes even I myself felt that I was ready to become an effective manager and I was at the right place to get the skills required.

Week 2 laid the platform for an excellent future ahead as the actual course started from day 2 of week 2 and most importantly this week brought us in interaction with the most aspiring names in the Indian industry. A few of those eminent speakers are Mr. Nachiket Mor (Deputy MD, ICICI Bank), Mr. Sundarajan (CMD Indian Bank), Mr. Siva Raman (Head HR, Delloite Consulting), Mr. Murali (Head HR, CRISIL), Mr. Jaydev (CEO , Tinfo Mobile) and a few other inspiring individuals working in different organizations of importance to the country. The inspiring words from biggies like Mr. Nachiket Mor have left a great impression about the potential we as youth have to make changes in today’s competitive world. It was a great opportunity to be present in front of these individuals.

Along all these happenings there was a great amount of interaction and academics going on which was making me feel reassured that I was at the right place to mould my life perfectly.
Days passed on with each day teaching some or the other valuable learning, with the amount of pressure and learning life was getting acquainted with a lot of important things which I was unaware of. These things included a whole range of things from demand and supply to organizational behavior and many more. Even after having thought to be as professional and as attentive in the sessions, it was not that easy as there were various occasions where me and a lot of other individuals in the class would feel restless and sleepy during the lecture hours, so a lot of lecture hours were spent either in half sleep mode or in browsing on the laptop and chitchatting with the neighbor.

Week 2 ended with an extremely well planned and organized Fresher’s Party by the Seniors which was the most valuable gift they gave to us in those 2 weeks at Ifmr. The fresher's party was indeed a far better show than we ever thought it to be. It had a really good theme, good games which sought everyone’s participation from our batch. It was indeed a great way to celebrate the togetherness of both the batches and it actually brought both the batches a step closer than before. I even now remember my friends in different traditional villager’s costumes. The most important change this journey at Ifmr brought in my life came at the end of week 2, that is after the fresher's party, that was the first day in my life a stayed away from home in the night, there was no other incidence in my life when I ever stayed away from home for a night. But yes life was on the verge of a lot of changes and yes this was one of them, it can neither be qualified to be good or bad, but even that was one thing I had to experience in my life and it happened on this day.

Life went on with all those regular sessions, and with the start of me attending meetings of different clubs I was member of, organizing events, participating in events etc.,
Then came the day when we interacted with the Head HR of ICICI Bank Mr. Ramkumar, this lecture is till now the most thought provoking one, it is and for always will be the one in my mind which is just class apart from all other lectures. This person just made solid statements, justified them with good logical answers and brought a great new perspective in my life that life is not always just about being positive or being soft, life has a lot many other things, a lot many other perspectives. I truly felt that I was always looking forward to this kind of talks as it brought in a completely different line of thought. The man was very harsh but I completely agree that he had to be that way to get his point across and which I feel definitely got across every head in the hall.

One month got over of my journey at IFMR, the pace with which things happened never made me realize that one month was over it even at this point felt that we had just started a couple of days ago. Life went on smoothly. The routine was almost same everyday with classes till the evening and then some time pass and some work or study for the next day. Used to go home at around 8 everyday. We had our first outing of the whole batch as a treat from the individuals whose birthdays passed in the last one month at Pizza Hut, which was again a nice way for all of us to come together to enjoy our togetherness.

The month of august saw many more happenings such as the guest lecture by Mr. S. Gopal of the Sanmar Group, presentation to the Banyan people on our learning's and experience of our 3 day visit to Banyan, Visit to the NGO New life charity services etc.,.
The visit to this Ngo was a great experience as we spent half of the day there with the children and the old people there. We had organized a few games and events for the children there, and had interacted with them which gave both those children and us a very good feeling as we enjoyed each moment being there and even the children had become very friendly to us. Then we went to the Kancheepuram Temple from there, which again was a memorable experience. And august ended with a lot of mid term exams and other regular sessions to keep the academic part of the journey very active.

The month of September started of with regular sessions and end term exam of Micro Economics which was my major fear through out the 2 months before the exam, but it turned out to be the easiest exam I faced which made me very happy after so much tension and worry. And here came the opportunity to meet and interact with all my super seniors on their convocation ceremony at the GRT Convention Centre in the august presence of Mr. R. Seshasayee of Ashok Leyland along with Mr. Nachiket Mor. This was the opportunity to listen to the words of wisdom from Mr. Seshasayee, everyone was just bowled over by his excellent words and he was being regarded as one of the best speakers we all had ever heard. Second week of September also saw the start of Paryushan Parva, and yes this was a completely different experience for me, as all through my life I have had holidays in Paryushan Parva, and this was the first time I had to run home soon after the classes got over. Fortunately this week also had my birthday in store which went on really well but as always my birthday was a low key affair that is no celebrations, no cake cutting etc., yes you are getting it right, all cost cutting techniques.

The month went on with the end term presentations taking time away from the study time and yes I can never forget those nights, completely working on the FSA presentations, looking for the best technique to complete the assignment as soon as possible. But yes it gave a great learning opportunity which most of us till date think all that was worth it.

And then came the most important part of things happening at IFMR yes it was none other than the nerve wrecking End Term exams, those last minute tensions, we never realized that the term had come to an end and were not sure of what was actually accomplished in the whole term, but as the exams were going on there was just one feeling in all of us, when will these exams get over and when will we finally get a break, as these thoughts went on the end term exams ended and now was the time to enjoy .

All through the days of exams there was some planning going on regarding how to spend the short holidays after the exam. All these discussions involved a lot of confusion and chaos as ideas were coming from different perspectives, of where to go, how to go, who all are going blah blah blah blah….. And then after so many discussions and debates came the day when five of us went to Pondicherry in a luxury Ambassador car which was as comfortable as a Mercedes Benz (I have never traveled in one but the comfort level was good so I treat comfortable to Merc ). The planned two day trip lasted for three days as the holidays were extended by one more day due to the state called bandh on the highly controversial issue of the Ramsethu project. The trip involved a decent amount of expenditure, even after not being able to visit all the places thought of due to time and other restrictions, but the trip was really a great one as all five of us were having a blast, and it was actually a good trip as each one of us was very comfortable with each others company, lots of jokes cracked, hundreds of songs sang, a new music album(parady) was made on one of us, and that person never commented and enjoyed the album and never reacted, which was the best part of it and which was the way we killed time to the way back home, as the trip was about to get over.

October came with much more spirit and motivation as one important phase of life at IFMR was already over and it was time to again pull up my socks and to do things for which I was actually here. So this started by attending the quiz competition at IIT- Madras, yes we were chucked out in the first round itself but never mind, I never went there for winning, so no regrets. The holiday mood was still on so roamed around the city after the quiz competition.
The start of the new term was accompanied by health issues for me, as it was long since I took care of my health so finally reached the peak of things and finally had to visit the doctor, undergo testing’s and realized that while doing a lot of other things my health was also an important thing and which needs proper care and attention at times.

This month seemed to be much more hectic to me as apart from the regular sessions I had taken interest in a lot of other things and obviously which were important to me as an individual. These other things ranged from the Banyan project, the meetings for placement etc, and the most important and most time consuming thing was planning for Mission “Abhyudaya”. Most of the after class time was spent on meetings regarding Abhyudaya, talking to people discussing things, taking stand on an issue, being one in the team who can ask people to push things further, giving suggestions, spending sleepless nights to make things happen by brainstorming etc., all these with a lot of controversies surrounding most of the issues, I knew by the time things are planned and executed for Abhyudaya, all this is going to happen and there was much more in store for me and all of us to see and face. As Abhyudaya was not just a B-School fest for me, it was also an important exercise for me to learn, and to adapt to work in a team with different people with different mindsets etc. How can I forget to mention the talks by few other successful personalities during all this period. These personalities ranged from Mr. Sujai Tolani (Head Operations India), the HR head of HCL BPO, an important person from the Singapore exchange(she is no more working there), Mr. S.Swaminathan (Soft Skills Trainer), important adviser of Cognizant (forgot his name), and so on.

Things went on, life was on a roller coaster with ups and downs and here came the Diwali break, when all my friends at IFMR were very excited to go back to their homes after four complete months at this place with lots of drama happening just in filmy style. Every one was eager for this break, as everyone was missing their home, their family and everyone wanted to spend some time with their family, as these four months never gave us too much time to even talk properly to our families. Even I expected to spend most of the time with my family, at home, but the kind of person I am, never let me do that. Even in these holidays I spent most of the time at the college, and yes I was not whiling away time but was working very seriously on my beloved project “Abhyudaya”. I could have resisted myself from working on it at least in these holidays, but I was and I am very much worried because we are already behind the schedule and we are very late, so this fear and concern made me to take the plunge and work seriously for this dream event keeping besides all other plans and ideas, just so that I can utilize these holidays to compensate for the already wasted time.

And here I am trying to end this long summary of my life during these four important months of my new life, its already 3 in the night and yes today is Diwali, so just want to end it on a positive note and take a quick nap so that I am fresh on the new year day and praying to god that he keeps things cool in the coming months and years of life and keeps me on track now and forever and makes this journey of mine at IFMR an ever lasting one which I can cherish all through my life. And to end this for the time being I would just say “IFMR RBT”. And I know now you would be having just three letters in your mouth in case you read through this summary fully and those three letters are none other than ‘CTC’. Thank you for all your patience to go through all these thoughts and experiences of mine. Have a Blast!!!!!!!!

Lessons Learnt
> Things will never be serious unless and until you want them to be.
> If u like to be in a professional environment, its you who has to take the lead.
> Classrooms will always remain classrooms what if you are doing a very serious course, as they will always seem boring, what if you are learning the best lessons of your life there, so think of how to make them interesting, that’s the only way out.
> You want to be successful, you want to be effective, be yourself, forget the world, and do just what you need to do.
> You can earn a lot of name and fame by doing good, but all this not at the cost of your primary goals.
> Never forget at the end of all of it, one day you will have to sit back and take account and be accountable so act accordingly.
> If you want to make the money spent worth it, do what is required, than doing what you like to, as your likes may change as quickly as time passes, so stay focused.
> Don’t forget that there are many others having hundreds of expectations from you, so again stay focused as you are living for yourself as well as to make those expecting ones happy.
> You cannot be happy for more than certain amount of time, so just try to keep improving, that’s the only way to satisfy yourself.
> If you want to succeed in everything you do, first define your everything and prioritize, if not you will lose track even of the most important things.
> To end it all, never forget you are here to make a life and not to kill time!!!!!!!!!!

Entrepreneurship - Need of the Hour.

Entrepreneurship - Need of the Hour.

India being on the verge of becoming the super power of the world in terms of growth, development and talent has a lot to prove to the world to attain that status. What is the way to achieve that status is the question and one answer to it is Enterprise. Today India is being recognized and respected throughout the world, why is this suddenly happening after so many years of independence, who made it possible, Is it the efforts of the government, or efforts of the common man, or is it getting this respect just because other countries are suddenly not performing well.

The answer to all the above doubts are cleared by one single word and that is “Entrepreneurship”. There are numerous supporting facts and figures for this argument. Lets analyze a few examples- Infosys is one of the most respected IT companies in the world, who started it, was it successful just after starting its operations, was it well funded or was it supported by the government, it was sheer entrepreneurial skills of a few daring and ambitious guys, and today it’s a pride to our nation. Reliance – Was Dhirubhai Ambani, educated enough, and was he trained enough to do what ever he did to make India and Reliance as important in the world as it is today, his entrepreneurial skills, his principled life, his desire to bring a change, his ability to transform dreams in to reality get all the credit for his son today being the Richest person in the world. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is no more an unknown name in the world of Biotechnology, started her business in a Garage and today Biocon is the biggest and most promising Biotech company of India, owned and run by a lady, who has fought hard to reach this stage, again all credits to her never say die attitude. There are thousands of examples of successful entrepreneurs who changed the way things happen, who changed the way business happens and to put it right who made the difference today to life of you and me and all of us.
So if all these normal people could have made the difference which no other power was able to, what if this highly populated country nurtures and develops thousands of such individuals who are ready to take the plunge and be a part of the people who want to make the difference and not be a part of the difference.

In the words of Mr.R.Seshasayee “Enterprise, Youth and Knowledge are the only three forces which can make a difference in the future”. And in the words of Anurag Batra, a first generation entrepreneur “Entrepreneurship is about venturing to where ordinary would not go”. So entrepreneurship seems to be the best way to prove your point, to make India a Super Power no later than tomorrow. An entrepreneur has to face hundreds of challenges but then that’s the only differentiating factor between the one who is effective and the one who is not. There may be thousands of entrepreneurs who may fail, but if the failure of a thousand entrepreneurs produces hundred entrepreneurs like Narayana Murthy or Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, then even that is worth it. Captain G R Gopinath is the one person who followed his dream turned it into reality and for once changed the way airline companies do business, he may be in some financial trouble but he completely kept his promise and made flying a dream come true for a common man. He is not a failure, infact he is a big success because he did what he wanted to, he proved that air travel can be as cheaper as he thought to be, and he made other companies follow suit.
Entrepreneurship has been recognized as the only way ahead to maintain the rate of development and growth and this can be clearly observed by looking at the number of entrepreneurship courses being run throughout the country, the number of seminars and conventions organized in each part of the country. And to make things even more clearer and to make the word reach the masses, a Magazine named DARE has been launched in October, which talks about lots of issues, lots of opportunities and lots of successful stories. This magazine is expected to cater great attention and readership as Indian youth are ready to take the entrepreneurial route to make their dreams come true. Today if you enter a business school and ask the students, “How many of you want to be an Entrepreneur?”, you can be assured that at least 60% of the students may show signs of taking up entrepreneurship in some years from now. This is the impact the Indian youth have had from all the existing entrepreneurial talent of the country.

So now to all those enthusiastic, daring and budding entrepreneurs, few words of importance and relevance – Stay Focused, Think Differently, Reach the Undiscovered sectors/markets, Follow your Dream, and most importantly Stay Positive and the country will look up to you with pride. I think now you are ready to adapt yourself to the need of the hour. Aren’t you?

Sorry the Seat is RESERVED!!!

Sorry the Seat is RESERVED!!!
What if you have performed even Better.......

Reservation seems to be the biggest controversial issue in our country in the last one year, as there are different views and interests towards it , so lets examine, Do we really need reservation firstly by knowing the literacy level of India …..
A survey done on literacy in India by a leading magazine
95 out of every 100 i.e.95% of children between the ages of 5-10 enroll in school
70% of these students study till 8th STD
Only 20% of these students study till 10th or 12th
Only 8% of them study at graduation level
Only 1.5% of them go on for professional study that is Post Graduation

Supreme Court of India has recently ruled out against reservation and has stayed the 27% reservation for OBCs implemented by the Government of India with reasons as following

Reservation based on caste etc... is not valid at the moment as the number of OBCs where determined based on 1931 census and not according to the latest census
Creamy layer will take advantage of this kind of reservation which is meant for people who are economically backward and do not have appropriate resources
SC has asked the concerned authorities to take appropriate steps to collect latest data on the other backward castes and also data from the latest census and to not blindly follow the 1931 report
It is also important to note that SC hinted that Political parties must not use reservation as a tool for creating and developing vote bank

A case to show why the reservation policy in not working well and will not work well to address the real issue

Short-listing Candidates for Admission to Post-Graduate Programme (PGP) 2007-09 of IIM (Source iim-a website)
Ahmedabad
A total of 280 seats are available for admission to the Post-Graduate Programme 2007-09 of IIM-Ahmedabad.
The break-up of 280 seats for various categories of students is given under:

Category . No. of seats . No. of students
..... .. .Allotted or Reserved . Short listed
General . 192 . 3431
OBC (6%) . 17 . 174
SC (15%) . 42 . 168
ST (7.5%) . 21 . 20
PWD (3%) . 8 . 14


From the above table we can clearly note that 21 seats have been reserved for students from Schedule Tribe but only 20 students have been short listed which means 1 seat is left empty due to less number of students qualifying for the said program and the seat will have to be given to a student from other caste and which also means that from the 20 students who qualified some of them may not be as meritorious as the students of other sections which means that just for the sake of reservation, may be merit will not be given preference and just to fill the allotted seats even less meritorious students will be taken in and meritorious students from other sections will pay the price even after so much hard work put in by them just due to the carelessly made reservation program.

Another important point to be noted here is that the ratio of students short listed in every section is a good example for us to realize that General category students have to face more competition and others can just get their seat without much competition because they have seats reserved for them. So the ratio of number of seats to number of candidates actually selected has to be analyzed carefully to know the kind of impact of the so called reservation policy.


It is also to be noted that reservation by the government is proposed only for professional study that too only at elite institutes like the IIMs and IITs, which means reservation is being implemented only for 1.5% students of the total students who enroll for education and we need to remember that only 0.2 % from the above 1.5% students enroll in the elite institutes and also only not all of these 0.2% are from the so called castes. So the point here is that the government is implementing such reservation for the sake of a meager % of people who may or may not reach this level of education. So here it is important to note that reservation is not required at this level of study instead it is to be implemented from the grass root level if at all it is to be implemented.
The above point is said keeping in mind the literacy survey done which clearly shows us the different level of literacy at different stages of education.

Another important point in favor of the voices against reservation is; - In no other country in the world there is reservation based on caste or religion.
Also we are the only country in the world where everyone wants to be recognized as a backward caste person and people feel proud to have the status backward caste for the so called benefits given by the government and which makes us feel poorer and backward than we actually are. Even after establishing themselves as backward mostly people do not get too many benefits from the government except a few promises made by political parties at the time of elections to increase their vote bank.

COUNTER ARGUMENT
One important point which is in favor of the pro reservationists is that a student who is from backward place who does not have proper facilities like good schools, quality teachers , good infrastructure in their schools , and availability of resources like books , tuitions, computers, libraries. And other resources like electricity at the place of stay and study, money to afford education in this inflation borne country where even getting meals twice a day is doubtful at times for millions of people, so expecting a student from such a condition to be meritorious when compared to other students who have all the facilities mentioned above, which create an environment for dedicated study and high ambitions in life, is like an irony in itself. A student from backward place is not able to concentrate because he/she already has so many other worries in life regarding food. shelter and clothing, so they don’t have an environment suiting dedicated study so how will that student be meritorious in his studies and how can one expect him to perform exceptionally well.

Reservation not the solution;-
The counter argument is very strong but we need to realize that reservation is not the solution to encourage these deprived students to go for higher study because if reservation is implemented there will be a lot of students who are from the so called caste but they are well to do and they have all the facilities but they get the undue advantage just because they are from the so called caste , so we can conclude that Reservation is not the appropriate solution to motivate the economically backward students to go on for professional study. The government must stop spending time and money on such baseless reservation policy and instead start taking more initiatives in form of financial and other facilities so that there is no drop out at any stage of education in schools.

Ergo it is really important for the government and judiciary to rethink completely about the reservation policy not just of the OBCs but also of the SC’s, ST’s and other castes on which reservation is already existing and on which it is being planned to be implemented

A Sample Solution for this problem is as follows;-
A Point based system has to be introduced in place of reservation which will answer the issue more appropriately. This system has been implemented in various developed nation successfully without any kind of bias or prejudice

There must be 200 points out of which a student must be marked and selected based on the number of marks each student gets
Classification of marks is as follows

15 marks if the student is from certain said backward caste
20 marks if the student is from a economically weaker section
165 remaining marks must be given based on academic performance and other factors
Relating to the study to be undertaken

In this way only the meritorious students will be selected irrespective of them being from backward caste or from economically weaker sections or from any other caste or region, and hence the issue will be addressed effectively.

The above given solution is just an example of how can things be managed and improved without implementing Reservations by always giving advantage in terms of points to the people who are not getting all those resources to study higher and have big ambitions, but without causing any kind of undue differences or bookings. So as true Indians we need unity and equality to prevail!!!

# The above given solution and opinions are subjective to the writers perception and information collected.