Tucked away in a small corner of most leading dailies was a very important piece of news we believe. It talked about the appointment of Mr S Ramadorai, the former TCS CEO as an advisor to the Prime Minister on skills development. It should be noted that this is the second time when a distinguished gentleman has been drafted into the Government. The first person being Nandan Nilekani, who is currently the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India.
Now, let us move on to why we think this is an important piece of news. Our mind harks back to an incident in China. It involved two of the world's richest men currently, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. After the trip that took place in the year 1995, Buffett recalled how the two of them were travelling on a river, where a crew of Chinese men was pulling their boats across the sandbars. Buffett's hugely capitalistic mind made him to immediately comment that had these men given a chance, one of them could have perhaps turned out to be another Bill Gates.
And just as China, such Bill Gates wannabes abound in India as well. And the most important thing that is holding them back is the lack of necessary skills. This is the reason why the coming on board of Mr Ramadorai injects fresh hope that if not of Bill Gates' caliber, at least millions of employable people emerge from India as well. After all, it is the country's demographic dividend that is at stake.
Now, let us move on to why we think this is an important piece of news. Our mind harks back to an incident in China. It involved two of the world's richest men currently, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. After the trip that took place in the year 1995, Buffett recalled how the two of them were travelling on a river, where a crew of Chinese men was pulling their boats across the sandbars. Buffett's hugely capitalistic mind made him to immediately comment that had these men given a chance, one of them could have perhaps turned out to be another Bill Gates.
And just as China, such Bill Gates wannabes abound in India as well. And the most important thing that is holding them back is the lack of necessary skills. This is the reason why the coming on board of Mr Ramadorai injects fresh hope that if not of Bill Gates' caliber, at least millions of employable people emerge from India as well. After all, it is the country's demographic dividend that is at stake.
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