A Singapore-based infrastructure advisory firm has recruited an IIM-Indore's student on an annual package of Rs. 53 lakh.
“This international offering was made to a student of a 2010-2012 batch while a leading European investment bank has offered an annual package of Rs. 32 lakh to another student,” a spokesman of IIM-Indore said here on Tuesday without revealing the identity of the companies and the students. A total of 443 students completed IIM's flagship Post Graduate Programme in 2010-2012, out of which 434 got the jobs in different sectors.
This year, 138 companies participated in the placement process, he said.
Last year, the maximum package offered to an IIM-Indore student was Rs. 32 lakh per annum.
Keywords: Indore students, annual pay
Foreign writer opens our eyes.
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Act of 1951 allows State
Governments to take over thousands of Hindus Temples and maintain
complete control over their properties. It is claimed that they can
sell the temple assets and properties and use the money in any way
they choose.
A charge has been made by a foreign writer, Stephen Knapp in a book
(Crimes Against India and the Need to Protect Ancient Vedic Tradition)
published in the United States that makes shocking reading.
Hundreds of temples in centuries past have been built in India by
devout rulers and the donations given by devotees have been used for
the benefit of the (other) people. This letter is what has been
happening currently under an intrusive law.
It would seem, for instance, that under a Temple Empowerment Act,
about 43,000 temples in Andhra Pradesh have come under government
control and only 18 per cent of the revenue of these temples have been
returned for temple purposes, the remaining 82 per cent being used for
purposes unstated.
Even the world famous Tirumala Tirupati Temple has not been spared.
According to Knapp, the temple collects over Rs. 3,100 crores every
year. The author tells that as much as 85 per cent of this is
transferred to the State Exchequer, much of which goes to causes that
are not connected with the Hindu community. Was it for that reason
that devotees make their offering to the temples?
Another charge that has been made is that the Andhra Government has
also allowed the demolition of at least ten temples for the
construction of a golf course. Imagine the outcry writes Knapp, if ten
mosques had been demolished.
It would seem that in Karanataka, Rs. 79 crores were collected from
about two lakh temples and from that amount temples received only Rs
Seven crores for their maintenance, Muslim madrassas and Haj subsidy
were given Rs. 59 crore and churches about Rs. 13 crore. Because of
this, Knapp writes, 25 per cent of the two lakh temples or about
50,000 temples in Karnataka will be closed down for lack of resources,
and he adds: The government continues to do this is because people
have not stood up to stop it.
Knapp then refers to Kerala where, funds from the Guruvayur Temple are
diverted to other government projects denying improvement to 45 Hindu
temples. Land belonging to the Ayyappa Temple, apparently has been
grabbed and Church encroaches are occupying huge areas of forest land,
running into thousands of acres, near Sabarimala.
And to top it all, Knapp says that in Orissa, the state government
intends to sell over 70,000 acres of endowment lands from the
Jagannath Temple, the proceeds of which would solve a huge financial
crunch brought about by its own mismanagement.
Says Knapp: Why such occurrences are so often not known is that the
Indian media, especially the English television and press, are often
anti-Hindu in their approach, and thus not inclined to give much
coverage, and certainly no sympathy, for anything that may affect the
Hindu community. Therefore, such government action that play against
the Hindu community go on without any attention attracted to them.
Says Knapp: Nowhere in the free, democratic world are the religious
institutions managed, maligned and controlled by the government, thus
denying the religious freedom of the people of the country. But it is
happening in India. Government officials have taken control of Hindu
temples because they recognise the indifference of Hindus, they are
aware of the unlimited patience and tolerance of Hindus.
Many Hindus are sitting and watching the demise of their culture. They
need to express their views loud and clear. It is time some one asked
the Government to lay down all the facts on the table so that the
public would know what is happening behind its back. Temples are not
for looting under any name.
International packages have to be reported in USD and also mention the prior work ex of the
candidate so that aspirants don't get carried away by these news items..
What difference would that make to general public? The package is also not
relevant/great if the job is not in India. Can we grow up and stop counting the
number of digits in someone else's salary?
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