IT - Neither InfoTech not Income Tax !
When you see the word I.T, probably what comes into your mind is Info-Tech or those who are thinking about money, Income Tax. I am not referring to that IT ! I am referring to an I shaped or a T shaped graduate. Why should one invest in a Liberal BA or BSc programme when we have the good old traditional programmes in the country (or abroad); is the question that I get asked by Parents. Well, my counter question is do you want to be an ‘I’ shaped individual or a ‘T’ individual after graduation. A traditional Undergraduate programme would focus on providing you with the depth in the chosen discipline (in Science, Social Science or Humanities), that too only if done well. Expertise in a single subject is what the traditional undergrad education focuses on, producing an I-shaped person-One who personifies depth or vertical expertise in a single discipline. An ideal Liberal education grad is a T-Shaped individual. The vertical line of the T represents depth in one’s direction...