Articles on IT Industry
 
 
  1. "Computer Technology in China", Communications of the CSI, 1993.
  2. "Survey of Computer professionals residing abroad about taking up employment in India", Current Science, 1994.
  3. "Student-Faculty Ratio - Bettering the balance", The Economic Times, Nov 8, 1993.
  4. "Software in India - The manpower myth", The Economic Times, April 22, 1995.
  5. "Facts about software usage in India", The Economic Times, Feb 20, 1996.
  6. "Reprogramming to upgrade", The Economic Times, May 6, 1996.
  7. "Lets fight it out on their turf", Economic Times, Nov. 26, 1996.
  8. "Software industry is abetting brain drain", Economic Times, June 24, 1997.
  9. "Manpower shortages still plague the industry", Economic Times, Feb, 1998.
  10. "Its quality that has done the trick – developing nations in Asia and Latin America want to replicate India’s story", Economic Times, Oct 26, 2000.
  11. "R&D is more than just a cost center", Financial Express, Aug 2005 pdf-version.
  12. "Managing Software Product Development - Key Differences from Service Projects", Presentation given in Nasscom Quality Summit, Bangalore, Aug 2005..
  13. "Research Investments in Large Indian Software Companies", India IT Forum, Singapore, Sept 2005..
  14. "Hidden Benefits of Outsourcing", Guest Editorial, System Design Frontier, Oct 2005 (2:10)..
  15. "Challenges in Industry-Academia Collaboration", Guest Article, CSI Communications, April 2006..
  

Articles on IITs and Education
 
 
  1. "Student-faculty ratio at IITs and its impact", Current Science, 1993. Also in Economic Times, 1993.
  2. "The importance of preserving IITs", Economic Times, Apr 1, 1997.
  3. "UG Curriculum Imperatives for CSE and IITK", Directions, Nov 2000.
  4. "Role of the Head", Directions (IITK Magazine), Nov 2000.
  5. "Creating Precedents and Leadership", Directions (IITK Magazine), 2000.
  6. "Promotions", An article on promotions at IITK.
  7. "Blind Leading the Blind", Economic Times, March 3, 2003 (Original article - R&D and Technical Education)
  8. "Mental Faculty", Economic Times, March 10, 2003 (Original article - Lack of PhDs Impacting Quality of Technical Education).
  9. "Faculty to the Test", Economic Times, March 24, 2003 (Original article - Building a Performance Appraisal and Reward System for giving an Impetus to R&D in Universities).
  10. "Needed a Capability Maturity Model for Enginnering Education", Economic times, May 5, 2003 (appeared under the title "Tamper-proof Degrees".
  11. "The Education Raj", Economic Times, Apr 18, 2005.
  12. "What does the Future hold for IITs", Economic Times, June 30, 2005.
  13. "What autonomy means", Economic Times, Jan 23, 2006.
  14. "Opportunity with Quality", A note on the Reservation Issue, Economic Times, May 1, 2006.
  

Articles on Research and PhD
 
 
  1. "PhD Programs - the Ignored Imperative", Talk given in Elitex2003, New Delhi, 2003.
  2. "Research is for geeks ... Says who?", Economic Times, June 23, 2003 (Original article - Doing a PhD in Computer Science).
  3. "Research in IT", Times of India, Education Times, July 05.
  4. "Doing a PhD - Preparing for a Career in Research", Appeared in Economic Times, Nov 8, 2005, as The Research Edge".
  5. "Research, Researcher, and Research Career in IT in India", Presentation for students.
  6. "Doing a PhD in Computer Science in 4 Years", A note written for prospective/new PhD students, 2006.


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