"Global relevance comes from how you work in a company; how you build a global company. This did not exist earlier and our educational institutions are not preparing students for it."
Shiv Nadar, chairman HCL Technologies (Outlook Business, June 11)
"Corruption is like a chameleon; it adjusts to poor and stagnant Africa as well as emerging Asia. It flourishes under democracy in India and under an authoritarian regime in China."
Gilbert Etienne, professor emeritus, Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (India Today, June 13)
"Forget me, even if Shakespeare were to come back and take the English exam today, he will not score 100 percent."
CPM Politburo member Sitaram Yechury on the sky-high admission cut-offs stipulated by Delhi University colleges (June 17)
"Even though there is a hue and cry about English, everybody should realise that English is a universal language and in the long run, it is essential for the future of our children."
Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat justifying the state government’s decision to allow schools in the state to offer English as a medium of instruction in addition to Marathi and Konkani (June 20)
"Now is the time to be daring to combine the existing technical knowledge with the political will to change the lives of hundreds of millions of children in India. There can be no greater investment than that of investing in children."
Karin Hulshof, Unicef India representative (The Times of India, June 26)
"As marks obtained in class XII exams, whether CBSE or state boards, have climbed, so have cut-offs. It is wrong to blame universities or their undergraduate colleges for this situation… The challenge in higher education is to increase opportunities without diluting standards."
Deepak Nayyar, former vice chancellor Delhi University on the mad scramble for admission into DU affiliated colleges (The Times of India, June 28)