Prithwis Mukerjee
Read biographyPrithwis Mukerjee is professor, School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
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Entrance exams and Brand IIT: misconceptions galore
Presidency college has plans for a tough, new, two-tier entrance examination to select high quality students for its UG and PG courses. This is funny, considering the fact that IITs — that had pioneered the concept of an exclusive entrance examination through the JEE — are hoping to dilute them #Education #Engineer #Entrance examination #HowThisWorks #National Institutes of Technology #Presidency college
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Resort to carrot and stick approach for government employees
People working in the private corporate sector are familiar with the process of annual appraisal and know that annual increments and bonuses are directly linked to this exercise. There may be some disappointment with the way that these appraisals are conducted but (a) no corporate has found an alternative to #6th Pay Commission #Business #HowThisWorks #Human resource management #Valuation
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How long do we wait for timely justice?
If justice delayed is justice denied, then the citizens of India have had no justice for many years. We all know that court cases in India drag on for years, while litigants grow old and die or settle out of court. For those who are entangled in criminal cases the situation #HowThisWorks #Supreme Court India #Supreme Court of India
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How Google Maps and Android phones can help Indian Railways
I have been a laggard with smartphones but last month I finally bought an Android phone and, within days, I got a tidy return on my small investment— two extra hours on the upper berth of an overnight train! How ? If you are travelling alone at night, in an AC #Android #Gmail #Google Inc. #GPS #HowThisWorks #Indian Railways #social media
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(In)Efficiency in Public Sector Educational Institutes
Government funded institutes and colleges in India are certainly far from being in the pink of health. Even the premier institutes of technology and management fall far short of international standards but if one were to say so in public, as only well known people like Narayan Murthy and Jairam #ConnectTheDots #Fixed assets management #Investment #Jairam Ramesh #Narayan Murthy #Vigilance Commission #web using credit cards
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From any branch banking to any booth voting
Once upon a time, in a banking scenario far removed from where we are today, one had to visit the specific branch of a bank for any banking transactions. To deposit and withdraw cash or to deposit and encash cheques there was no option but to travel to the branch #ATM #Election Commission #Elections #Identity document #ThisisNext