Quotas can't bridge social gaps

The apex court ruling on OBC admissions at university level misses the point. Instead of carrying on with quotas, the IITs and other colleges should have the autonomy to admit rich students so that they can cross-subsidise poorer ones. Harvard makes no secret of it; it will admit children of rich parents whereas the IITs will not. That is how Harvard has accumulated over Rs 120,000 crore worth of endowments which it uses to subsidise brilliant but poor students.

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