India requires world class education system

Updated on: Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Chennai: A world-class education system and utilizing at most of the country's human resources is the key to India achieving its potential on the international front, according to business leaders at the inauguration of the Great Lakes Institute of Management's new campus.

' Many people feel that the big bottleneck is due to lack of infrastructureâ€¦ But, according to my mind the real hurdle that we have to overcome is lack of education,'said Adi Godrej, chairman and managing director of Godrej Consumer Products.

'India has legitimate problems with both the hardware and software of development,' said Shashi Tharoor, former under-secretary general of the United Nations, who earlier in the day delivered the GLIM convocation address.

He defined the 'hardware' as the roads, ports, airports and sanitation systems that 'need colossal amounts of work.' However, he felt that the software or human capital needed even more work. It was not just a matter of education, he said.

If the country could not ensure food, shelter and basic healthcare for all, there was no point in just filling people's brains, he pointed out.

He urged GLIM graduates to stay in India to provide the best towards the country's developmental aspects.

The Chief secretary K.S. Sripathi went a step further and urged graduates to stay on in Tamil Nadu, saying that the State would witness higher growth rate in 2009-10.

The sprawling residential campus has been designed keeping eco-friendly. The campus is 100 per cent day-lit and will recycle all its waste and water. The GLIM founder Bala V. Balachandran stated, 'We wanted to give our students not only the best faculties but also the appropriate ambience to help them realise their potential.'

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