The article's criticism of IIT and IIM (elite Indian universities) could be made of the elite U.S. schools too: "The short point: our system is designed to kee

The article's criticism of IIT and IIM (elite Indian universities) could be made of the elite U.S. schools too: "The short point: our system is designed to keep people out, not get them in. The true value of an IIT or IIM is not the intellectual capital they produce, but their filtering expertise – which keeps all but the superlisters out of these institutions. When the people entering the institution are the best among the best, they will shine no matter what the quality of faculty or the curriculum."