To all the Indian schmucks who failed to make it to the IITs and graduated from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Periyar Maniammai University, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University et al, we say take heart.
All is not lost, there’s still hope even for y’all imbeciles. 😉
Ever heard of Mangalore University? No, right.
Well, Mangalore University graduate Rajeev Suri was today named the new CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks effective October 1.
Rajeev, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunications, currently leads the Services business of Nokia Siemens Networks out of New Delhi.
The 42-year-old executive joined Nokia in 1995.
Rajeev Suri
At Nokia Siemens, Rajeev’s prior assignments included leading the Asia-Pacific region, overseeing teams for key customers like Hutchison and managing products such as the early cellular transmission portfolio of Nokia.
Rajeev succeeds Simon Beresford-Wylie who is leaving to pursue other opportunities.
Before joining Nokia, Rajeev worked with ICL in India and RPG Group in corporate business development for new ventures and strategic planning. His resume also lists a stint at a large conglomerate in West Africa where he headed their corporate commercial and international imports division.
Rajeev will move from his current base at New Delhi to Nokia Siemens Networks’ headquarters in Espoo, Finland.
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was he always this fair-skinned or is that the Finnish (or Mangalore Univ) effect. he apparently hasn’t done any Master’s or MBA even.. cool stuff.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
A lot of Mangaloreans are very fair. Pretty too (the girls, we mean). 😉
Must be the cross-pollination with outsiders in the years past since the place is on the coast.
Not sure if Rajeev hails from South Kanara or he just studied in one of the many colleges there.
Suri is a surname from north of India.
In south, the name Suryanarayana often gets shortened to suri, but only informally.
Mangalore is a part of lush and fertile Western Ghats.
That explains fair skin, health and beauty (although not all Mangaloreans are that way). The same applies to parts of Kerala.
For you who have settled in US for a long time, Mangalore Univ may be unheard of, but at least folks in Karnataka know Mangalore University (Mangala Gangotri), Mysore Univ (Manasa Gangotri) and Bangalore Univ (Gnaana Gangotri) fairly well.
In fact, the medical and engg. colleges in Manipal (now part of Udupi dist., but earlier a part of Mangalore) attract a lot of students from outside of Karnataka, who dont mind paying heavy capitation fees to secure admission.
This is true with some colleges in B’lore and Mysore also.
Now engg. colleges are mushrooming in north of India as well, so the trend might have subsided.
The Manipal Hospital in Manipal and Bangalore, though expensive, is renowned for its quality.
There are countless universities in the US (and in Europe) that are as unheard of, or as nondescript as some of the names you have mentioned in the beginning your article.
Unfortunately, 200+ years of British rule has clouded the judgement of our people so much that they think anything western is good. I have seen some of my friends going to places like Lubbock, Kansas, Maine, etc, for studies, just because these are in the US. I have now found the the right word for such people: Schmucks.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
1. You write: In fact, the medical and engg. colleges in Manipal (now part of Udupi dist., but earlier a part of Mangalore) attract a lot of students from outside of Karnataka, ….The Manipal Hospital in Manipal and Bangalore, though expensive, is renowned for its quality.
Quality?
Historically speaking, maybe. But not any more.
We’ve seen reports in Indian newspapers including in your Hindu (MBBS derecognised in Manipal, Mangalore colleges) that the standards at Manipal institutions have been deteriorating.
2. You write: I have seen some of my friends going to places like Lubbock, Kansas, Maine, etc, for studies, just because these are in the US. I have now found the the right word for such people: Schmucks.
Rightly said.
Studying in Lubbock, Kansas, Maine et al is akin to studying in Nanjangud, Arkalgud, Srirangapatna, Channapatna, Periyapatna, Doddaballapur or Chikkaballapur 😉 or any of the Indian universities we mentioned at the beginning of this post.
3. You write: Mangalore is a part of lush and fertile Western Ghats. That explains fair skin, health and beauty (although not all Mangaloreans are that way). The same applies to parts of Kerala.
The few Mangalorean girls we’ve seen at close quarters were fair, hot and lovely. Simply yummy.
From our encounters with the Kerala girls, we found them sizzling hot but never fair.
4. You write:at least folks in Karnataka know … Bangalore Univ (Gnaana Gangotri) fairly well.
Gnaana Gangotri?
Isn’t Bangalore University known as Jnana Bharathi (though how much Jnana can be found in that one-time unruly campus is debatable).
You see, that is why I never joined an IIT 😉 They are not useful to the country..!!! 😀
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Rajeev was in Delhi until his promotion. Probably still is in India.
So, are you an alumnus of Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya ?
Whether you write Gnaana or Jnaana, you pronounce it
as ‘gnaa’na (the ‘gnaa’ is pronounced similar to gnaw in English),
or ‘gyaan’.
South Indians mostly use ‘gnaw’na, while north Indian use
‘gyaan’.
Using Jnaana is more like using Gealousy for the word Jealousy.
Some ‘gyaan’ there for you 😉
B’lore Univ has had its good times, and not-so-good times.
Now, all engg. institutions in Karnataka are affiliated to Vishweshwaraiah Technological Univ.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
You write: Using Jnaana is more like using Gealousy for the word Jealousy. Some ‘gyaan’ there for you .
Thanks for the free ‘Gyaan’ but your neighbors at B’Lore Univ need it more than yours truly for continuing to misspell it. Pl see Bangalore University web site.
Oldies here might remember that there was a Hindi movie/documentary Gupt Gyan, released with the laudable (that is laudable not lavadable) goal of educating the Indian hoi polloi on sex.
This misconceived effort to spread gyan on sex was a much-talked about affair in its day (sometime in the 1970s).
Rajeev Suri made the university proud but i am sure, the university would not have done anything for him in his college days. He would have worked his back off to get where he is and now that he is there, the university will come and share his success – WTF???
If the university did move a muscle even for their brightest students, then those guys would be leading resources in their respective field.
Example: Bharathiar University – Coimbatore
These morons do not know what their day-to-day affair is. In 1999, they swapped final semester numbers between 2 guys and gave the engineering degree to a guy who had 8 arrears left while the other had to run pillar-to-post to prove that he has passed and deserves his certificate. The college and the university did nothing to even acknowledge the error but in turn berated the poor guy for hounding them for his engineering degree. he ran to every office within the university and waited in front of the chancellor’s office for a full day just to explain the truth. Finally, when they gave the degree, they had folded and crumpled it. Now how do i know this story – because i lived it and I was the guy who was running around to secure what was rightfully mine.
There is no education in India, its only a myth. In a country where Radhakrishnan was born, currently teachers and professors have more important jobs of raping, molesting, beating, and harming students. The college owners have their own mafia to threaten students if they went to authorities, media, etc.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Don’t know if things have changed. But education (even in private college including the so-called aided Christian institutions) used to be so cheap.
Our UG college fees in India (excluding hostel, Kerala pot et al) amounted to no more than the cost of 7 or 8 Starbucks Lattes. Really.
SI, nothing was cheap back then too. if you thought christian institutions were cheap, then i would request you to change your thought process. Paul Dinakaran’s engineering college in coimbatore, tamil nadu was one of the costliest when it comes to fees, including hostel.
the reason why every politician, rowdie, etc wants to open a college is for the money and the number of seats that they can sell at a high price to all the rich dumbos – 😉 sivaji movie gave a small say 0.001% of the truth there.
SearchIndia.com Responds:
Vaguely remember reading about Dinakaran or maybe it was his father – the guy who used to organize/address large group prayer sessions for Christians.
Christianity and the church are huge money-spinners here. Too many idiots.