COVER STORY
Outlook Magazine - 27 June 2011
Top Engineering Colleges In 2011
The top 75 overall and the Top 10 breakdowns between govt and pvt colleges, zone and criteria wise
Nothing Abominable Here
A Himalayan kitchen in Delhi's Hauz Khas Village featuring Nepali, Tibetan, Khasi and Bhutanese cuisine is proof that great food can be transcendental
Methodology: 2011 Outlook-MDRA Survey
Selection process, placements, academic excellence, personality development and industry exposure, Infrastructure...
Top 10: Other Professional Colleges
Architecture, Fashion Technology, Mass Communication, Social Work, Hotel Management, Law Colleges
Silver Prices Go Through The Roof
The sixth Outlook-MDRA ranking of best professional colleges shows Tier-II Colleges in the private sector are marking their presence
Sir Richard Branson
After many years now, I’m feeling young again. And it’s all thanks to Sushma Swarajji and Baba Ramdevji.
‘IITs Are Not Working Towards Research As Our Ecosystem Is Not Geared Towards It
Even European schools like INSEAD or LSE fare better researchwise.
And Goldilocks Plays The Hairdresser
How out-of-the-box learning aids are equipping children for future adult roles
Top Engineering Colleges In 2011
The top 75 overall and the Top 10 breakdowns between govt and pvt colleges, zone and criteria wise
Nothing Abominable Here
A Himalayan kitchen in Delhi's Hauz Khas Village featuring Nepali, Tibetan, Khasi and Bhutanese cuisine is proof that great food can be transcendental
Methodology: 2011 Outlook-MDRA Survey
Selection process, placements, academic excellence, personality development and industry exposure, Infrastructure...
Top 10: Other Professional Colleges
Architecture, Fashion Technology, Mass Communication, Social Work, Hotel Management, Law Colleges
Silver Prices Go Through The Roof
The sixth Outlook-MDRA ranking of best professional colleges shows Tier-II Colleges in the private sector are marking their presence
Sir Richard Branson
After many years now, I’m feeling young again. And it’s all thanks to Sushma Swarajji and Baba Ramdevji.
‘IITs Are Not Working Towards Research As Our Ecosystem Is Not Geared Towards It
Even European schools like INSEAD or LSE fare better researchwise.
And Goldilocks Plays The Hairdresser
How out-of-the-box learning aids are equipping children for future adult roles
A Rigged Pipeline
The Centre, RIL squirm under the gimlet-eyed CAG report
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
A Lokpal Of Gloom
Seven meetings and a stalemate. What now for the Lokpal Bill?
The Incredible Lightness Of Learning
Students lugging bags of books or trooping to libraries? They’ve all gone electronic.
No Rubber In The Soul
Our fear of falling down has cost us a important lesson—how to get back up
A Plate Of Souvlaki At Sowcarpet
Chennai, home to an urbane, cosmopolitan prosperity, gets a global explosion in taste
Joy, And The River Of Sorrow
Rural Punjab retains its spirit and inventiveness; the Sutlej is another story
In The Deep End
Eco-activism has Punjab’s polluters in a tizzy
The Bitter Pills
India’s FTAs pip generic drugs production
Botched Party?
The new Andhra PCC chief flexes muscle
The Intrepid Reporter
Dey’s killing is among the growing attacks on those striving to expose bitter truths
Umang Sabarwal
The third year Delhi University student is a co-founder of SlutWalk Delhi
Shaitan
Debutant Bejoy Nambiar, working with a plot that has traces of Anurag Kashyap’s unreleased film <i>Paanch</i>, directs this thriller with a deftness of touch.
Hay-On-Wye Diary
An eccentric Welshman called Richard Booth went on to declare Hay a kingdom in 1977, appointing himself king with powers to give peerages and issue passports...
Can You Spot A Gender Bender In This Thesis?
Scientific study and research is now attracting more women
A Red Tutorial, And Enemies In The Class
The Left largely ruined Bengal’s education. Students wait hungrily for some redemption.
Not Quite The Good Doc, But The Better Bets
RMAs are filling an essential gap. If only medical practitioners would cooperate...
‘Mass-Produced Engineers From Private Colleges With No Quality Are Of No Use To
The ‘Metro Man’ on the need for reforms in governmental attitude and the ‘control Raj’ that still exists despite two decades of liberalisation.
The Nizam’s Stagecoach To The IIT
Andhra Pradesh becomes the new hub of moulding the IIT topper
Apu’s At Work Here, Flonging The Pages
Indian-origin scribes have overcome old cultural stereotypes to ascend to the top
Where Asok Comes To The Party
Second generation Indian Americans are making a mark in varied careers
When Plan B Is As Good As A, And Easier
As hirers look past IITs, are top jobs no longer the realm of premier schools?
How Do You Say ‘Software’ In Gujarati?
English must cede some ground to Indian languages in science and technology
A Dissonance In Saraswati’s Divine Veena
The spectre of caste prejudice lingers on even in our most prized institutions
The Satchel Fits The Bottomline
India Inc is investing in higher education in a big way. And profit isn’t the only motive.
Passage Through A Blackboard
The two essentials: students who push themselves, teachers who draw them forward
