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==Education System== | ==Education System== | ||
Also, we are to blame to quite some extent. Our education system does not encourage free thinking, or even thinking for that matter. It is learn by rote. IMHO, all CS/IT courses in india are more of History courses. | Also, we are to blame to quite some extent. Our education system does not encourage free thinking, or even thinking for that matter. It is learn by rote. IMHO, all CS/IT courses in india are more of History courses. | ||
Students in most institutions (exceptions are IITs, IISc, NITs, et. al.) live in their own shell, without any exposure to the real world or the industry. So, | |||
they don't have the technical know-how or skills for any development, let alone FOSS development. | |||
There is a _huge_ gap between academia and the industry (exceptions are IITs, IISc, NITs, et. al.), so the academia folks have absolutely no idea what the | |||
industry is doing. Industry is more focused on servicing international clients, for obvious reasons. | |||
==Financial Constraints== | ==Financial Constraints== | ||