You are on the board of the Manipal Global Education Services. What, in your view, is the role of private colleges like Manipal and do they produce employable youth?

Private colleges have saved India and created the human capital to meet our needs. They turn out over 65% of India’s graduates. Without them we would be lost. Pl remember all government institutions are not IIT’s and IIM’s. The great majority in the States sector are poorly run and managed. As affiliating Universities the private colleges dominate the merit list all over. They produce employable graduates. All press statements are exaggerated about employable youth. When you have an abundance of riches and huge nos apply to you, you can be choosy but cannot condemn the rest as unemployable. World over training for employment is needed. We need not get carried away by some silly reports and keep on reproducing