This is primarily because of two factors. One: only the cream of the crop makes it to the US to study for an MS. Typically these are folks from the Indian Insitutes of Technology or the Regional Engineering Colleges — people who have historically excelled academically, even in archaic programs, and their intelligence and hard work have allowed them to excel in modern programs, too. Also, these particular colleges have programs that incorporate modern teaching methods. This is not indicative of the workforce you generally find in India. I think “hungarian coder”’s observation is apt.

The second factor is that their exposure to more modern, more practical ways of teaching (e.g. through project or researchwork, or modern examples pertaining to their everyday experience) nurtures them to do well academically and practically in modern graduate study programs.

I must note that the few experienced folks I have seen here have “learned from the industry”, so to speak, and are good at what they do. In essence it’s (a) exposure and (b) practical experience that will save the Indian software industry.

I’m curious, though. I transferred my old LiveJournal entries to this blog some two weeks ago, and now I’m seeing comments being posted here rapidly. Could someone link me to the referrer?

Thanks.

Amit

however note that Indian students who goto the US for a degree such as MS, do earn higher grades on an average compared to their american counterparts.
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