OPINION: A new generation in India is on the ascendant that will deal with the country’s challenges and opportunities and take the country to new frontiers, writes Jaideep Sarkar.
WHAT is common to Microsoft, IBM and Alphabet ? The answer is that the chief executives are people Indian origin who have graduated from India's higher education system.
As India steps into the 75th year of its independence and we count the joys and sorrows of this momentous journey, we should also reflect on the legacy this generation will leave for future generations. The expansion of the public education system, with low fees and an augmented programme of affirmative action, has enabled greater inclusiveness in the student body that is addressing gender, social and regional inequalities and imbalances.
In the 1960s, India was on the verge of a mass food shortage and the country was dependent on foreign food aid. The government launched the “Green Revolution” with Indian agricultural scientists like MS Swaminathan who joined hands with Norman Borlaug and others to usher in high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat.
Despite multiple developmental challenges, India has invested precious resources in high-technology. The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched an inter-planetary mission, Mangalyaan or the Mars Orbiter Mission, becoming the first country to do so on its first attempt. Nowhere does science and development intersect more materially for people than in the health sector. India’s booming pharmaceutical sector is a recognised innovator and producer of life-saving medicines at affordable cost. India is the world’s largest supplier of low-cost generics and is among the largest producers of drugs, both in value and volume terms. It has the second largest number of US Food and Drug Administration-approved manufacturing plants.
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