New Delhi, Oct 5: Bestselling author and ex-IITian Chetan Bhagat has given a stinging reply to Infosys chairman emeritus N R Narayana Murthy's remark that the standard of students in IITs is declining.
It is ironic when someone who runs a body-shopping company and calls it hi-tech, makes sweeping comments on the quality of IIT students, Chetan Bhagat wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
Bhagat is the author of Five Point Someone, a book set in an IIT.
Bhagat further tweeted, "Murthy had a point, but wish he wasn't so sweepingly highhanded. Fix the system. No point judging students."
He added, "IITians have made a great contribution in making Infosys what it is. Hope people remember that."
Both Infosys founder Narayana Murthy and his immediate successor as its CEO,Nandan Nilekani,are former IIT students.
On October 3,while addressing a gathering of hundreds of former IITians in New York, Narayana Murthy said, "Thanks to the coaching classes today, the quality of students entering IITs has gone lower and lower."
Narayana Murthy also said that said apart from the top 20 per cent of students who crack the tough IIT entrance examination and can stand among the best anywhere in the world, the quality of the remaining 80 per cent of students leaves much to be desired.
