But it's disappointing that the committee has such few (if any) STEM people. The left-liberal fetish for humanities is fine, but please give space to STEM also.

https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1712133053580238866

There are people with physics and management on there. You’re assuming that science professors wouldn’t be on the political left or liberal - that’s a mistake. And assuming humanities/social sciences professors are unable to do their job because of their political beliefs is also a mistake. When the bjp strives for political balance in its appointments - then we can talk about really quite moderate panels like this one.

This list is a joke. Note that there are no members from IISc, IIMB, NIFT, NID, IIT, or NIMHANS - all central institutions present in Karnataka. First of all, with this so-called state education policy, the state is rejecting the NEP; second, as already discussed - this is one of the reasons why NLS will never be made into a "national" institute. All the national institutes in the state have deliberately distanced themselves from this, a strategic decision. The state will not let NLS go, and the center will not touch it even with a bargepole.

MESSIAH FTW

The messiah has bought a seat on the table through 25% domicile quota.

All hail the messiah, he is so meritocratic with a sports-quota Rhodes!

Nice one.

Not commenting on any of the other stuff, but back in the 90s, it was taken for granted that some sporting ability gave you a heads up with the Rhodes. The will of Cecil Rhodes even indirectly alluded to this.

Many of the NLS applicants played up their sporting credentials ("Intra - University champion", for example).

Of course, that didn't guarantee you the Rhodes. But when there are at least 25-30 people who could have justifiably got the award, sports helped. It's completely misleading to call it a "sports quota award".

One candidate had written once that he's good in golf and polo. Why would someone like that need a scholarship to begin with is the question!

The Rhodes is given for excellence. Lots of rich kids apply because it's one of the world's most recognisable validations. If the golf and polo guy is one of India' s 5 best candidates, he should get it.

Lol

Having three representatives from the same institution in the commission seems rather redundant.

This just goes to show that NLS always was and always will be a Karnataka state government institution. There is nothing "national" about it now.

Absolutely. There was nothing "national" about any NLU at any point in their existence.

Who is contesting this and on what grounds? Is there any NLU that has been formed by any legislation that's not a state act?

One of the mods is from NLS. Some guy called tied-1 NLU. S/he also publishes all the ridiculous fan boy PR comments asking for a Nobel Prize for some random alumni from NLS and the like.

None, all NLUs are state institutions. This is not contestable at all.

So now it's trollish along with contested? I knew getting anon people as mods was a bad move, even if led to quicker publication of comments.

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